Zhongshan Bridge

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Zhongshan Bridge 中山桥
Coordinates	36°03′53″N 103°48′52″E / 36.064846°N 103.814518°E / 36.064846; 103.814518
Crosses	Yellow River
Locale	Lanzhou, Gansu, China
Heritage status	yes
Characteristics
Material	Iron
Total length	233.5 m (766 ft)
Width	8.46 m (27.8 ft)
Longest span	45.9 m (151 ft)
No. of spans	5
Piers in water	4
Clearance above	4.8
History
Engineering design by	American Bridge Company
Constructed by	Telge & Schroeter
Construction start	1907
Construction end	July 1909
Construction cost	165,000 silver coins
Opened	19 August 1909
Location

The Zhongshan Bridge (Chinese: 中山桥) is a steel truss bridge over the Yellow River in Lanzhou. Opened in 1909, it was the first permanent bridge over the Yellow River.^[1] The bridge is one of the most well-known landmarks of Lanzhou. Construction of the bridge began in 1907 and the bridge was completed in 1909.

At its opening, the bridge was simply known as the 'First Bridge', but in 1928 it was renamed Zhongshan Bridge to honour Sun Yat-sen. Originally, the bridge was painted bright red,^[2] but during the Second Sino-Japanese War the bridge was painted dark grey to successfully evade bombings, a colour which it remains in today.^[3]