"Myanmar has planned to build a new Manipur River Crossing Bridge in Chin state on the main border trade route with India, according to the Road Transportation Ministry of Chin State Wednesday. Scheduled to start in December this year, the new river-crossing bridge, also known as the Mansaung Bridge, will be built near Tiddim and Reed border towns adjacent to the existing suspension bridge. The 557-feet-long and 30-feet wide Mansaung bridge will be a concrete one with two lanes. The project is expected to be completed in three years, said U Shwe Htee Ooe, minister of road transportation of Chin state. The existing suspension bridge was damaged by a natural disaster in 2015 and allowed only 16 tons of vehicles to cross the bridge, causing transportation difficulties, especially during the rainy season..."