Dongjin Bridge

The Dongjin Bridge (东 津桥/东 津桥/ Dongjin Qiao ) in the urban area Zhanggong the prefecture-level city of Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province, China is a bridge of boats across the Gan Jiang ( Gan River ) in the north of the city ( 25 ° 52 '3 " N, 114 ° 56 ' 41 " O25.867391013889114.94479864833 ).

It is about 400 m long and 4.50 m wide. It consists of about 100 boot, are associated with iron chains with one another and on which wooden planks are fastened as a bridge deck. The bridge ends at stairs that lead up the steep bank. With rising water, it is connected by additional planks or eingeschwommene short bridge parts with the higher and therefore more distant staircase sections. It can be used only by pedestrians and cyclists.

The Dongjin Bridge was first built in the Song Dynasty (960-1279) and since then renewed again and again. It is one of the few Chinese ship bridges that have survived the ages.

In the south of Zhang Gong, there is another, about 300 m long and 4.30 m wide floating bridge with about 80 boats. The bridge is limited on both ends by an access point on a larger steel pontoon, which is connected via a movable web with the bank of stairs. Also, this bridge can be used only by pedestrians or cyclists. (25 ° 50 ' 37 "N, 114 ° 56 ' 7 " O25.843582164167114.93515610694 ).

• Bridge in China
• Floating Bridge
• Structure in Jiangxi
• Song Dynasty
• Traffic (Jiangxi )
• Bridge in Asia