Ji'an Yalu River Border Railway Bridge

41°9′21″N 126°16′20″E

Ji'an Yalu River Border Railway Bridge
Chinese border post at the bridge
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	集安鴨綠江國境鐵路大橋
Simplified Chinese	集安鸭绿江国境铁路大桥
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Jí'ān Yālùjiāng Guójìng Tiělù Dàqiáo Wade–Giles Chi-an Ya-lu-chiang Kuo-ching T'ieh-lu Ta-ch'iao IPA [tɕǐán jálûtɕjáŋ kwǒtɕîŋ tʰjèlû tâtɕʰjǎʊ] Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Zaap6 on1 aap1 luk6 gong1 gwok3 ging2 tit3 lou6 daai6 kiu4 IPA [tsàːpʔɔ́ːn ʔáplʊ̀kkɔ̄ːŋ kʷɔ̄ːkkɪ̌ŋ tʰɪ̄tlòu tàːikʰȉːu]
Korean name
Chosŏn'gŭl	집안압록강국경철도대교
Hancha	集安鴨綠江國境鐵道大橋
Transcriptions Revised Romanization Jiban Amnokgang Gukgyeong Cheoldo Daegyo McCune–Reischauer Chiban Amnokkang Kukkyŏng Ch'ŏlto Taegyo

Xiajiefang Bridgehead [zh] used in the Korean War

Ji'an Port

The Ji'an Yalu River Border Railway Bridge (Chinese: 集安鸭绿江国境铁路大桥; pinyin: Jí'ān Yālùjiāng Guójìng Tiělù Dàqiáo) 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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}

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]

References

1. Daniel Kane, Where Civilizations Once Clashed, Time Magazine, Monday, July 15, 2002
2. China opens new Sino-North Korea border crossing in Jilin province

See also

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