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Spean Thma Bridge ស្ពានថ្ - Ancient Khmer Stone Bridge - Siem Reap Cambodia 2024
Spean Thma ស្ពានថ្ម "stone bridge" in Angkor, Cambodia is known as the bridge of stone and it is located west of Ta Keo temple. It is one of the few Khmer Empire era bridges to have survived to the modern day.
It was built on the former path of the Siem Reap River between Angkor Thom and the Eastern Baray and it was probably rebuilt after the Khmer period (around the 15th century), as it includes many reused sandstone blocks.
The 14 narrow arches are 1.10 m wide.
Spean Thma bridge, showing the use of corbelling. Corbelled arches are nit true arches in thst each oart was not load bearing. The Khmer didn’t use a true arch for their bridge construction.
Several other bridges on the same model are visible: in the Angkor site (Spean Memai) and at several locations of the former empire. On the road from Angkor to Beng Mealea, the Spean Praptos is one of the longest with 25 arches.
The bridge was abandoned and collapsed after the course of the Siem Reap River changed course.
The bridge is just one of many things to see other than temples while visiting Angkor Thom and Siem Reap. The construction is fascinating to me and I really enjoy seeing things like this.
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