#4 - if you look closely at the bottom, you'll see a person with a hacksaw - I wonder what he's up to?

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Pretty cool to see the old bridge paralleling the new structure. It was originally built to bypass the western river to Bangledesh and serve as a commutable link for commerce into and out from more Eastern yet, horribly navigable terrain just east into Laos for international trading companies. The bridge served as a huge catalyst in the supplies in allied forces against Germany during WWI as well. Not only was it utilized in the clandestine transports of munitions from the neutral far east to those allies in the Middle East and Africa, it also served as a means of transport for more iron works to be sent in an effort perpetuate the rail systems farther into mid/East China. Which btw, are still in use today. Bethleham and Pittsburgh steel manufacturing is dead today. But their products are still bearing up.