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{{short description|Bridge in Thailand}}
{{Infobox bridge
|bridge_name = Sarasin Bridge
|native_name = {{Native name|th|สะพานสารสิน|paren=omit}}
|image = Near Sarasin bridge - panoramio.jpg
|caption = Remote view of Sarasin Bridge
|official_name = Sarasin Bridge
|carries = Highway 402 (Thepkasattri Road), Pedestrians
|crosses = [[Andaman Sea]]
|locale = Ban Tha Chatchai, [[Amphoe Thalang|Thalang]], [[Phuket]] and Ban Tha Nun, [[Takua Thung]], [[Phang Nga province|Phang Nga]]
|maint = Department of Highways, [[Ministry of Transport (Thailand)|Ministry of Transport]]
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|length = 660 m
|width = 11 m
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|begin = 1951
|complete =
|open = July 7, 1967
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'''Sarasin Bridge''' ({{langx|th|สะพานสารสิน}}, {{RTGS|''Saphan Sarasin''}}, {{IPA|th|sā.pʰāːn sǎː.rā.sǐn|pron}}) is a bridge in [[Thailand]] which connects the island of [[Phuket]] with [[Phang Nga province|Phang Nga]] in [[southern Thailand]].

It was built in 1951 and officially opened on July 7, 1967. It was the first bridge linking Phuket and Phang Nga, with a total length of {{convert|660|m|ft|1|abbr=on}} and a total budget of 28,770,000 [[Thai baht|baht]]. It was named after [[Pote Sarasin]], a former [[Prime Minister of Thailand]], during his time as the Minister of National Development.

On February 22, 1973, the bridge was the site of an unforgettable tragedy. Two young lovers, Dam Sae-tan and Kanchana "Gew" Sae-ngo, jumped from the bridge together after they were forbidden from being together. Dam was a local ''[[songthaew]]'' (local bus) driver and rubber tapping worker. He came from a poor family and struggled to make ends meet. Gew was a [[Rajabhat University system|teachers college]] student who used to ride on Dam’s bus. Gew came from a wealthy family and was expected to marry someone who was also rich. As the two got to know each other, they began to fall in love. They sought Gew’s father’s blessing to get married, but he refused their plea and forbade them from seeing each other ever again. Their love having been stifled by Gew’s father, the couple decided that if they couldn’t be together in this life,
then they would take their own lives. On the night of February 22, 1973, they bound themselves together with a [[loincloth]] and jumped from the Sarasin Bridge.

The story of the two lovers is forever imprinted in Phuket’s collective memory. In the year 1987, the story was also made into a [[Thai film]] titled ''"Saphan Rak Sarasin"'' (สะพานรักสารสิน; ''Sarasin, The Bridge of Love'', starring [[Chintara Sukapatana]] and Ron Banjongsang).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yl_lRWpswqg|work=youtube|language=thai|trans-title=Trailer of Sarasin Bridge|author=[[Five Star Production]]|date=2017-12-06|accessdate=2019-01-24|title=ตัวอย่างภาพยนตร์เรื่อง สะพานรักสารสิน}}</ref> Sarasin Bridge has since become a tourist attraction and is well-known in Phuket and Phang Nga.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://topicstock.pantip.com/chalermthai/topicstock/2009/12/A8681703/A8681703.html|work=[[Pantip.com]]|date=2009-12-21|accessdate=2019-01-24|language=thai|author=Khon Khlong Lam Chiak|title=โศกนาฎกรรมความรัก "สะพานรักสารสิน" เรื่องจริงที่ไม่อิงนิยาย สำหรับคู่รัก คู่นี้|trans-title=Love tragedy "Sarasin Love Bridge", a true story based on this couple}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.painaidii.com/business/137345/sarasin-bridge-83110/lang/thTh/|trans-title=Sarasin Bridge|title=สะพานสารสิน|language=thai|work=painaidii|accessdate=2019-01-24}}</ref>

At present, Sarasin Bridge does not provide services for cars to run through as in the past. Since the construction of a new bridge adjacent named "Thepkasattri Bridge" (สะพานเทพกษัตรี, or popularly known as New Sarasin Bridge or Sarasin II Bridge) since 2011, Sarasin Bridge is only a [[pedestrian bridge]] with [[light pole]]s and pavilions installed for sightseeing.

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cite web|url=http://www.phuket.com/phuket-magazine/sarasin-bridge.htm|title=Sarasin Bridge in Phuket|work=phuket.com}}
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[[Category:Bridges completed in 1967]]
[[Category:Bridges in Thailand]]
[[Category:1967 establishments in Thailand]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Phuket province]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Phang Nga province]]

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