Tumen Border Bridge | |||||||
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![]() Tumen Border Bridge in the autumn | |||||||
Coordinates | 42°57′17″N129°51′01″E / 42.9548°N 129.8502°E | ||||||
Chinese name | |||||||
Simplified Chinese | 图们国境大桥 | ||||||
Traditional Chinese | 圖們國境大橋 | ||||||
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Korean name | |||||||
Chosŏn'gŭl | 도문국경대교 | ||||||
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The Tumen Border Bridge is a bridge over the Tumen River,connecting Tumen City,Jilin Province,China,with Namyang,Onsong County,North Hamgyong Province,North Korea. [1] It was built in 1941 by the Japanese and is 515 metres long,6 metres high,6 metres wide. Tumen Border Post is located there. A little upstream from the bridge is Tumen Border Railway Bridge.
During the Korean War,it was one of the border posts from which the Chinese People's Volunteer Army entered North Korea. [2]
A parallel,larger bridge is under construction since 2016. [3] The new bridge was completed in 2019. [4] [5]