It was later replaced in 1908 and again in 2002 with a photogenic design-build cable-stayed span touting dual bascule bridges.

It is the longest concrete cable-stayed span.

The bridge consists of three distinct parts: the north end viaduct, the central cable-stayed spans and the south end viaduct.

It was the first cable-stayed bridge in Thailand and had the second longest cable-stayed span in the world when it opened in 1987.

Several designs for the new bridge, which is to be north of the existing structure, included suspension, cantilever, and cable-stayed spans.

The main span (between the towers) is 470 metres long, which is the second longest cable-stayed span in the western hemisphere.

Although generally known as a cable-stayed bridge, it is really a hybrid bridge composed of a cable-stayed span and a pillar-supported bridge.

In a suspension or cable-stayed span, the elements in tension are distinct in shape and placement.

Main span has 512 m long and consists of two cable-stayed spans 256 m long each.

Puente de la Mujer, an asymmetrical cable-stayed span.