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The Linjiang Yalu River Bridge () is a
bridge A bridge is a structure built to Span (engineering), span a physical obstacle (such as a body of water, valley, road, or railway) without blocking the path underneath. It is constructed for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle, whi ...
over the
Yalu River The Yalu River () or Amnok River () is a river on the border between China and North Korea. Together with the Tumen River to its east, and a small portion of Paektu Mountain, the Yalu forms the border between China and North Korea. Its valle ...
, connecting
Linjiang Linjiang (; listed as Linkiang on old maps) is a county-level city in Baishan, Jilin, China. It is located to the east of Tonghua, and borders North Korea along the Yalu River. Culture During 1953–76, there was a total of twenty-one Chinese ...
City,
Jilin Province ) , image_skyline = Changbaishan Tianchi from western rim.jpg , image_alt = , image_caption = View of Heaven Lake , image_map = Jilin in China (+all claims hatched).svg , mapsize = 275px , map_a ...
,
China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...
, with Chunggang County,
Chagang Province Chagang Province (; ) is a province of North Korea; it is bordered by China's Jilin and Liaoning provinces to the north, Ryanggang and South Hamgyong to the east, South Pyongan to the south, and North Pyongan to the west. Chagang was formed ...
,
North Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders China and Russia to the north at the Yalu River, Yalu (Amnok) an ...
.Linjiang Border Post (Baishan City Scenes by Japanese Consulate General in Shenyang)
(in Japanese) It was built by the Japanese in 1938 and Linjiang Border Post is located there. A little downstream from the bridge is Yunfeng Dam. During the
Korean War The Korean War (25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953) was an armed conflict on the Korean Peninsula fought between North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea; DPRK) and South Korea (Republic of Korea; ROK) and their allies. North Korea was s ...
, it was one of the border posts from which the
Chinese People's Volunteer Army The People's Volunteer Army (PVA), officially the Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV), was the armed expeditionary forces deployed by the People's Republic of China during the Korean War. Although all units in the PVA were actually transferred ...
entered North Korea.


See also

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Sino–Korean Friendship Bridge The Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge, or China–North Korea Friendship Bridge, is a bridge across the Yalu River, Yalu or Amnok River on the China–North Korea border. It connects the cities of Dandong in China and Sinuiju of North Korea, by railw ...
and
New Yalu River Bridge The New Yalu River Bridge ( zh, 新鸭绿江大桥), or Korea-China Amnok River Bridge (), is a road bridge across the Amnok River, Yalu River between Dandong, Liaoning Province, China, and Sinuiju, North Korea. The cable-stayed bridge, which i ...
(
Dandong Dandong ( zh, s=丹东 , t=丹東 , p=Dāndōng; lit. "Red East"), formerly known as Andong, is a coastal prefecture-level city in southeastern Liaoning province, in the northeastern region of the People's Republic of China. It is the largest ...
) *
Ji'an Yalu River Border Railway Bridge The Ji'an Yalu River Border Railway Bridge () is a single-track railway bridge that spans the Yalu River and connects the outskirts of the Chinese town of Ji'an, Jilin, Ji'an in Jilin, Jilin Province with the North Korean town of Manpo, Manp'o ...
* Changbai-Hyesan International Bridge *
Tumen Border Bridge The Tumen Border Bridge is a bridge over the Tumen River, connecting Tumen, Jilin, Tumen City, Jilin Province, China, with Namyang Workers' District, Namyang, Onsong, Onsong County, North Hamgyong Province, North Korea. It was built in 1941 by t ...
( Tumen City) *
Tumen River Bridge The Tumen River Bridge () crosses the Tumen River between , where the Quan River enters the Tumen River in Jilin Province, China, and Wonjong in Rason, North Korea. It is the international link in a road route between Hunchun, Hunchun City in Ch ...
(
Hunchun Hunchun is a county-level city in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture within Jilin province to the far east. It borders North Hamgyong Province in North Korea and Primorsky Krai in Russia, has over 250,000 inhabitants, and covers 5,145&nbs ...
) *
List of international bridges An international bridge is a structure that provides transportation across border Borders are generally defined as geography, geographical boundaries, imposed either by features such as oceans and terrain, or by polity, political entities such a ...


References

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