The Jiedu Bridge () is a historic stone

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over the Jilong River () in , Keqiao District of

Shaoxing Shaoxing is a prefecture-level city on the southern shore of Hangzhou Bay in northeastern Zhejiang province, China. Located on the south bank of the Qiantang River estuary, it borders Ningbo to the east, Taizhou, Zhejiang, Taizhou to the south ...

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, China.

History

Jiedu Bridge was originally built in the

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(1644–1911). On 6 May 2013, it was listed among the seventh batch of "

Major National Historical and Cultural Sites in Zhejiang Major most commonly refers to: * Major (rank), a military rank * Academic major, an academic discipline to which an undergraduate student formally commits * People named Major, including given names, surnames, nicknames * Major and minor in musi ...

" by the

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