The 91-year-old Ava Bridge, also known as the Old Sagaing Bridge, which spanned the Irrawaddy River between Mandalay and Sagaing regions and was built by the British during the colonial period, collapsed on Friday afternoon during a powerful earthquake that affected both Myanmar and Thailand.
Several buildings in Mandalay, Naypyitaw and other areas collapsed during the 7.7-magnitude earthquake, whose epicenter was near Sagaing town.
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