What Remains of a Crossing
Dandong’s Broken Bridge preserves both a piece of river engineering and the interruption that changed its purpose.
Yalu River Broken Bridge
The bridge completed in 1911 once crossed the Yalu with twelve spans. Bombing in 1950 left the four spans on the Chinese side that give the monument its present identity. Beside it stands the separate Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge. The older structure survives as a conserved remnant, with an engineering past that began before its commemorative role.
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The Yalu River bridges viewed from Dandong’s waterfront.Source: Liaoning Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism / People’s Government of Liaoning Province. Rights not independently licensed. · Rights status unknown Photo source ↗ Original aspect ratio retained. Display copies resized only when needed; no enlargement, crop or retouching.