Alan,
Nicely captured.
Just curious: there is no activity visible. On the docks, I can understand. But I see no vehicles on either of the two bridges. I wonder why.
Charlie
The Broken Bridge, which was started to be built in May 1909 and was completed in Oct. 1911, is the first bridge built over the Yalu River. It was built by the colonial Japanese government house in Korea. At the very beginning, the Bridge was used as a railway bridge. It is 944.2 meters’ long and 11 meters’ wide. There are 12 holes. At the fourth hole from Chinese side is the open and close beam. The bridge can be rotated by 90 degrees, taking the fourth pier as an axle, in order to make it easier for the ships to pass through. In April 1943, Japanese, who occupied the northeast of China and Korea as colony, built the second railway bridge which is no more than 100 meters’ away from the first bridge and is at the upper reaches from the first bridge. (This bridge is now called the Bridge for the Friendship between Chinese and Korean. The first Bridge was then regarded as a road bridge. It was bombed by American army from November 1950 to February 1951.) The first bridge was thus scrapped. However, the bridge of our side including the four holes has been kept till now and the Bridge was thus called the “Broken Bridge”, which is a relic of the municipal level. The “Broken Bridge” was repaired in June 1993 and became a tour scenic spot, which was named as “The Yalu River Broken Bridge”. The body of the Bridge is light blue, which means the memory of the colonial domination and aggression and the hope for safeguarding the world peace
