Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge

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Bridge

Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge
The bridge (on left side) viewed from Dandong, China. The Yalu River Broken Bridge is to its right.
Coordinates	40°6′54″N 124°23′33″E / 40.11500°N 124.39250°E / 40.11500; 124.39250
Carries	One lane of AH1, road and rail traffic
Crosses	Amnok River
Locale	Dandong, Liaoning, China Sinŭiju, North P'yŏngan, North Korea
Official name	中朝友谊桥 (Chinese) 조중우의교 (Korean)
Other name(s)	Sino-Korean or China–Korea Friendship Bridge
Characteristics
Material	Steel
Total length	940.8 m (3,087 ft)
History
Construction start	April of 1937
Construction end	May of 1943
Location

Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge
Aerial photograph taken in November of 1950 during air attacks by US Air Force bombers, with damage to the two Amnok River bridges showing.
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	中朝友谊桥
Traditional Chinese	中朝友誼橋
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhōng Cháo yǒuyì qiáo Wade–Giles Chung Ch'ao yu-i ch'iao IPA [ʈʂʊ́ŋ ʈʂʰǎʊ jòʊî tɕʰjǎʊ] Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Zung1 ciu4 jau5 ji6 kiu4 IPA [tsʊ́ŋ.tɕʰȉːu jɐ̬ujìː kʰȉːu]
Korean name
Chosŏn'gŭl	조중우의교
Hancha	朝中友誼橋
Transcriptions Revised Romanization Jo-Jung uuigyo McCune–Reischauer Cho-Chung uŭigyo

The Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge, or China–North Korea Friendship Bridge, is a bridge across the Yalu or Amnok River on the China–North Korea border. It connects the cities of Dandong in China and Sinuiju of North Korea, by railway and roadway but pedestrians are not allowed to cross between either side. The bridge serves as one of the few ways to enter or leave North Korea.

It was renamed to its current name from the Yalu (Amnok) River Bridge in 1990. The bridge was constructed by the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) between April 1937 and May 1943 during its occupation of Korea and its puppet state of Manchukuo (now northeast China). Further downstream, construction work on the New Yalu River Bridge began in October 2010.