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Tongji Bridge, Yuyao 通济桥Tōngjì Qiáo
National heritage site · Ningbo, Zhejiang
- Time needed
- Under an hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Ningbo
- Region
- Zhejiang
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Tongji Bridge, Yuyao
A tall three-arch stone bridge across the Yao River in the centre of Yuyao, first built in timber in 1047, rebuilt in stone in 1332 and given its present form in 1729–1731. Its steep central arch let sea-going boats pass beneath under sail, and it is nicknamed the 'First Bridge of Eastern Zhejiang'. At its north end stands the Shunjiang Tower, an old city-gate tower, and the bridge lies in the protected historic quarter around Fuqian Road.
How to get to Tongji Bridge, Yuyao
In the centre of Yuyao on the Yao River, about 45 km by road north-west of central Ningbo.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Wang Yangming's Former Residence 王阳明故居 (under 10 km), Former Sites of the Eastern Zhejiang Anti-Japanese Base Area, Liangnong 浙东抗日根据地旧址 (20 km), Shanglin Lake Yue Kilns 上林湖越窑遗址 (20 km).
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