Tumen River Bridge

The Tumen River Bridge (Chinese: 图们江大桥) crosses the Tumen River between Quanhe Port [zh], where the Quan River enters the Tumen River in Jilin Province, China, and Wonjong in Rason, North Korea. It is the international link in a road route between Hunchun City in China and Sonbong-guyok in Rason.

The original 1938 bridge, viewed from a roadside in China in 2012

The original and new bridges, viewed from China, 2018

Border control point for the bridge, at Quanhe, China

The original bridge was built in 1938 by the Japanese Empire and is 535.2 metres (1,756 ft) long and 6.6 metres (22 ft) wide.^{[citation needed]} In February 1997, tourist access across the bridge was allowed.^[1]

The building of a new bridge was announced in 2014.^[2][3] It is 638 metres long^[4] and sits beside the original bridge.^[2] Its construction was paid for by China.^[4] An opening ceremony was held on 30 September 2016 and the bridge was expected to open to traffic on two of its four lanes on 7 October 2016.^[5]

See also

• Sino–Korean Friendship Bridge and New Yalu River Bridge (Dandong City)
• Ji'an Yalu River Border Railway Bridge
• Changbai-Hyesan International Bridge
• Linjiang Yalu River Bridge
• Tumen Border Bridge (Tumen City)

References

1. Davies, Ian (2000). Regional Co-operation in Northeast Asia: The Tumen River Area Development Program, 1990-2000: In Search of a Model for Regional Economic Co-operation in Northeast Asia. North Pacific Policy Papers, 4. Vancouver: Program on Canada-Asia Policy Studies, Institute of Asian Research, University of British Columbia. ISBN 978-0-88865-740-4.
2. "China building new DPRK border crossing in Jian". North Korean Economy Watch. 17 November 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
3. "中国と朝鮮、新豆満江大橋を建設へ" [China and North Korea to build new Tumen River Bridge] (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 18 January 2015.
4. "中朝つなぐ「新豆満江大橋」　年末に開通予定" [New Tumen River Bridge connecting China and North Korea scheduled to open at the end of the year] (in Japanese). Yonhap News Agency. 11 February 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
5. "中朝貿易の拠点　新豆満江大橋が開通" [New Tumen River Bridge opens as hub for Sino-North Korean trade]. KBS World Japanese (in Japanese). 3 October 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2024.

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