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Putang Bridge 蒲塘桥Pútáng Qiáo
National heritage site · Nanjing, Jiangsu
- Time needed
- Under 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Nanjing
- Region
- Jiangsu
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Putang Bridge
A nine-arched stone bridge across the Putang River in Putang village, Honglan, rebuilt in 1508–1512 with money from the local Zhao brothers on the line of the old post road from Lishui to Xuancheng. At 91.3 m long it is the largest old bridge surviving in Lishui District, built of local volcanic tuff, with pointed cutwaters on its eight piers and 72 balustrade posts each topped by a small carved lion. It carried road traffic until a new bridge was built alongside, and was restored as a footbridge in 2009–2010, when its stone deck was relaid.
How to get to Putang Bridge
In Putang village, Honglan Subdistrict, about 10 km south of Lishui's district centre and roughly an hour or more by car from central Nanjing.
Nearby
- City Wall of Nanjing 南京城墙 50 km
The Ming capital's brick ramparts, anchored by the vast fortress of Zhonghua Gate - Fuzimiao and the Qinhuai River 夫子庙—秦淮风光带 50 km
Nanjing's lantern-lit Confucius Temple quarter, beside painted boats on the Qinhuai - Purple Mountain & Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum 南京钟山风景区 60 km
A forested mountain on Nanjing's edge, crowned by a blue-roofed hilltop tomb
Also within 20 km: Tianshengqiao, Lishui 天生桥 (under 10 km).
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