CHINA KOREAN FRIENDSHIP BRIDGE
Every Bridge has its own stories but the two bridges across the Yalu River between Dandong,China and Sinuiju, North Korea full of history only in around 80 years.
The bridge called Broken Bridge right now was built in 1911 by Japan (When Japan occupy North Korea and North East of China ) The bridge Long:944m Wide: 11m. In the middle part of the bridge can turning 90 degrees for big ship pass the the bridge. It was bombed by American during Korean War in 1950.Right now there are only few bottoms of the bridge left on North Korean part. It is historical place for tourists to visit nowadays. it was road and railway bridge in the old days.
There is a second bridge which is called China - Korean Friendship Bridge built by Japan in 1943. The distance of two bridge only not more than 940m.(China side long: 569m )All the tourists to North Korea will take train go through this bridge to North Korea.
Right now China and North Korea still use this bridge to transfer the goods and tourists. It has railway for train and road for cars and trucks.