Dongjin Bridge

The Dongjin Bridge (simplified Chinese: 东津桥; traditional Chinese: 東津橋; pinyin: Dōngjīn Qiáo) or Jianchunmen Pontoon Bridge (建春门浮桥) in Ganzhou, Jiangxi province, China is a pontoon bridge constructed over the Gong River in the Chinese Song dynasty (960–1279).[1] Situated outside the Jianchunmen gate of the Ganzhou city wall, it is the survivor of several pontoon bridges found in China.

Dongjin Bridge in 2014
Dongjin Bridge in the 1940s

Its length is a total of roughly 400 metres long, made up of wooden planks placed on around 100 wooden boats[2] linked together with iron chains.

See also

References
  1. Wang, C.M.; Wang, B.T. (2014). Large Floating Structures: Technological Advances. Springer. pp. 16–17. ISBN 9789812871374.
  2. Knapp, Ronald G. (2012). Chinese Bridges: Living Architecture From China's Past. Tuttle Publishing. ISBN 9781462905867.

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