Bing Maps API v8 mutipolyline (multiple segment line) support? - bing-maps

I have several hours trying to find information about support of multipolylines (or multiple segment lines) on Bing Maps API v8, to no avail. I need to have lines made of several segments, in the same way sql server supports it, i.e.
geography::STMLineFromText ('MULTILINESTRING((-84.6725847 31.7707373, -84.6556331 31.7698178)(-93.3023304 33.9048702, -93.3022956 33.9048486))', 4326)
Here, SQL constructs a line made of 2 separate segments.
Leaflet support multipolylines via several arrays of lat/lngs inside an array. i.e. (illustrative purposes)
var polyline = L.polyline([[31.7707373 -84.6725847,31.7698178 -84.6556331] [33.9048702 -93.3023304, 33.9048486 -93.3022956]], { color: 'red', interactive: true, bubblingMouseEvents: false })
How can achieve this under Bing Maps API v8? ideas/suggestions are welcomed!
Thanks!

Yes, you can use MultiLineString's in Bing Maps. If your data is in Well Known Text format, there is a module for that in Bing Maps. Here is a sample: https://bingmapsv8samples.azurewebsites.net/#WKT_Read_Write_Paste (looks like you have to pan/zoom the map to the area of the shape in this sample, but trying your MultiLineString in this sample, it did render).
Here is a code block:
//Load the Well Known Text module.
Microsoft.Maps.loadModule('Microsoft.Maps.WellKnownText', function () {
//Parse well known text string.
var line = Microsoft.Maps.WellKnownText.read('MULTILINESTRING((-84.6725847 31.7707373, -84.6556331 31.7698178)(-93.3023304 33.9048702, -93.3022956 33.9048486))');
//Add parsed shape to the map.
map.entities.push(line);
});

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