Ji'an Yalu River Border Railway Bridge Explained

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S:集安鸭绿江国境铁路大桥
T:集安鴨綠江國境鐵路大橋
P:Jí'ān Yālùjiāng Guójìng Tiělù Dàqiáo
W:Chi-an Ya-lu-chiang Kuo-ching T'ieh-lu Ta-ch'iao
J:Zaap6 on1 aap1 luk6 gong1 gwok3 ging2 tit3 lou6 daai6 kiu4
Ci:pronounced as /tsàːpʔɔ́ːn ʔáplʊ̀kkɔ̄ːŋ kʷɔ̄ːkkɪ̌ŋ tʰɪ̄tlòu tàːikʰȉːu/
Hangul:집안압록강국경철도대교
Hanja:集安鴨綠江國境鐵道大橋
Rr:Jiban Amnokgang Gukgyeong Cheoldo Daegyo
Mr:Chiban Amnokkang Kukkyŏng Ch'ŏlto Taegyo
Northkorea:yes

The Ji'an Yalu River Border Railway Bridge is a single-track railway bridge that spans the Yalu River and connects the outskirts of the Chinese town of Ji'an in Jilin Province with the North Korean town of Manp'o in Chagang Province.

The bridge is 589.23 meters long and its height is 16 meters. It was constructed between 1937 and July 31, 1939 by Imperial Japan which during this time controlled both Korea and northeast China (through the puppet state of Manchukuo). A fortification near the Chinese end of the bridge dates from the same period. A square arch was added to the Chinese end of the bridge in 2004.

The bridge was used for shipping troops from China into Korea during the Korean War and was targeted by US aerial bombing; however, it was not destroyed.

From the Chinese side, the bridge is accessible for tourists who can walk up to a line close to the actual border.[1]

A new Ji'an Yalu River Border Road Bridge located upstream was completed and opened in April 2019.[2]

See also

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20081008022043/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,320802,00.html Daniel Kane, Where Civilizations Once Clashed, Time Magazine, Monday, July 15, 2002
  2. https://www.nknews.org/2019/04/china-opens-new-sino-north-korea-border-crossing-in-jilin-province/ China opens new Sino-North Korea border crossing in Jilin province