TwentyBaht Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 Construction of the span is nearing completion. Only, a few meters left. A Chinese engineer says 12/12/12 is the official date (a "lucky" date). Completion of the Immigration/Customs offices and road surfaces on the Thai/Laos side appears to be lagging by a few months. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krobert6 Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Should not take them long to replicate the immigration office on the Laos side Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AjarnP Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 I drove there to have a good looksee. At optimistic guesses I reckon minimum 6 months to complete the facilities on this side. It will take three months to install and commission all the IT gear and as yet, there's no building complete enough to put it in. I'd actually be surprised if it's even been put out for bids on the supply yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobelcat Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Well, it's almost 12/12. I wonder how things are doing. I'd love to walk across that bridge when it opens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justcruisin Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 It is 12.12.12 today, wonder if they worked overtime yesterday to get the bridge finished. There is even a worldwide video produced for today! vimeo.com/onedayonearth/121212 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianmarinus Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 (edited) They will have a official oppening ceremoni today-just to do something I guess. They bridge will open mid June 2013,as they ran out of money some how. Talked whit a thai man yesterday who had been on a seminar of a kind about it and he told me-so I looked around the internet for some news-and Chiang Rai Times had the storie-or just a notice about it. Edited December 11, 2012 by brianmarinus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwentyBaht Posted December 12, 2012 Author Share Posted December 12, 2012 The dignitaries are arriving now. Then, there will be a ceremonial cement casting to officially complete the span of Friendship Bridge IV on 12/12/12. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
my friend I Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Well, it's almost 12/12. I wonder how things are doing. I'd love to walk across that bridge when it opens. The other Friendship Bridges don't allow people to walk over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sceadugenga Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 I've seen people walking across at Nong Khai, never farang though. I once walked from Singapore to Malaysia across the causeway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwentyBaht Posted December 12, 2012 Author Share Posted December 12, 2012 After the ceremony, we walked across the bridge to the Laos side and bought two kilo of garlic (100 baht). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbyd1 Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 The bridge from Thailand to Laos is now connect. The long pole in the tent is getting the immigration checkpoint and flow through completed. The reach goal is to be complete by April 2013. I suspect Chiang Khong will start to grow like Chiang Rai when the bridge is in work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwentyBaht Posted December 21, 2012 Author Share Posted December 21, 2012 From a local perspective, full bridge function (Immigration/Customs) will be many months away. New Immigration/Customs officers have yet to move into the area. And, existing Immigration/Customs officers have yet to be notified of any job movements. Local thought is that limited truck traffic will be allowed first. And, other services ramping up after that. All this done in stages in order to smooth out the effects on the local Chiang Khong economy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomtomtom69 Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 I've seen people walking across at Nong Khai, never farang though. I once walked from Singapore to Malaysia across the causeway. No one is allowed to walk across the Nong Khai bridge, perhaps only half way where a sign prevents you from walking any further. Some locals do it, but they can't walk all the way. If you asked nicely perhaps you'd be allowed to walk half way across like some Thais or Laotians coming from the other side do but apart from a photo op there is little reason to do it. Last October a Vietnamese guy on the Thai side of the bridge was running around like a chicken and managed to get to the toll booth where he was probably told for the 10th time that he wasn't allowed to walk across the bridge so he asked if he could travel in my car to which I replied "OK". I thus drove him across to the Lao side where I even offered to drive him into the city but he declined my offer. He was probably feeling embarrassed after making such a big deal just to save 20 Baht on the bus but probably didn't have another 100-200 Baht to pay me for driving him into Vientiane, where I was headed anyway. Or he was only prepared to spend another 20 Baht to get into the city which would have meant waiting a long time for an overcrowded bus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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