The Bridge over the River Kwai is the railway bridge built near the Thai town of Kanchanaburi as part of the Death Railway. The bridge was built over the River Khwae Yai (Big Kwai, Khwae in Thai comes close to the ai sound for English speakers) just before it merges with the Khwae Noi (Little Kwai) to form the Mae Klong (Klong River). During the construction of the railway line, many Western POWs lost their lives, including many Dutchmen from the then Dutch East Indies. However, in the construction of the bridge itself, relatively few died (nine). The current bridge is the original; the auxiliary bridge was first built about 200 metres downstream and was a wooden structure used for supplying materials. The current bridge was bombed several times, which can be seen by the sections with rectangular arch structures instead of the original round ones.Wikipedia
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