Ongryu Bridge | |
![]() From the top of the Juche Tower facing north, the Okryu Bridge is in the foreground, with Rungra Islet and Moran Hill behind it | |
Korean name | |
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Hangul | 옥류교 |
Hanja | 玉流橋 |
RR | Ongnyugyo |
MR | Ongnyugyo |
Ongryu Bridge,also spelled Okryu Bridge and Ongnyu Bridge,is a bridge on the Taedong River in and near Pyongyang,North Korea. Construction began in March 1958;the bridge was opened in August 1960. [1]
Located between the old Taedong Bridge before it and the Rungra Bridge above it,it is the fourth (heading upstream) of six Pyongyang bridges on the Taedong. It connects Chung-guyok on the Taedong's right (west) bank to Taedonggang-guyok on the left bank. [2] The famous restaurant Okryu-gwan is near its right foot,while the Juche Tower is located just south of its left foot. [1]
Ongryu Bridge is a prestressed concrete box girder bridge measuring approximately 700 by 28.5 metres (2,297 by 94 ft),with four lanes for cars. [1] [2]
39°1′30″N125°45′40″E / 39.02500°N 125.76111°E