River Kwai bridge

Thanks to the famous movie the bridge became the most known tourist attraction in the small city of Kanchanaburi. The iron bridge was brought from Indonesia by the Japanese army and reassembled by by Allied prisoner-of-war laborers as part of the 'Death Railway' linking Thailand with Burma. Still in use today, the bridge was the target of frequent Allied bombing raids during 1945, and was rebuilt after the war ended. The curved spans of the bridge are the original sections. The bridge, which spans the Kwai Yai river some 4 kilometres northwest of the Tourism Authority of Thailand's Kanchanaburi office on Saeng Chuto Road, is the focal point of a riverside area of restaurants, souvenir, handicraft and jewellery shops. Second World War-vintage steam locomotives, and a peculiar hybrid road/railcar from the same era comprise a small Railway Museum on the bridge's eastern approach. grayhughes: you cant go to thailand without visiting the river kwai bridge.its quite an emotional experience.