Brief introduction of Zhongshan bridge

Zhongshan Bridge, commonly known as "Zhongshan Railway Bridge" and "Yellow River Railway Bridge", formerly known as Zhenyuan Bridge, is located at the foot of Baita Mountain in the middle section of Binhe Road and is called "the first bridge of the Yellow River in the world".

It was built in 1907 (thirty-three years of Guangxu reign). The project was undertaken by German businessmen and cost 306,000 taels of silver. At both ends of the bridge, there are two large stone squares engraved with "Trilateral Benefit" and "Nine Curves of An Lan". This bridge has four piers, with cement and iron columns below and stones above. In the later stage of the reinforcement project, the curved steel frame arch beam was added. 19 19 years, affected by the war, the railway bridge was interrupted 1 1 day, and reopened after repair. 1942, in memory of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, it was renamed "Zhongshan Bridge", and the name of the bridge is still in use today.

Lanzhou Zhongshan Bridge, commonly known as "Zhongshan Railway Bridge" and "Yellow River Railway Bridge", is located on the north side of the middle section of Lanzhou Binhe Road, at the foot of Baita Mountain and in front of Jincheng City. Built in 1907 (thirty-three years of Guangxu in Qing dynasty), it is the oldest ancient bridge in Lanzhou and the first bridge in the true sense on the 5464km Yellow River, so it is called "the first bridge of the Yellow River in the world". Zhongshan Railway Bridge is 234 meters long and 7.5 meters wide. It has six piers and five holes, and five curved steel arch beams fly on the bridge. In the thirty-third year of Guangxu reign in Qing Dynasty (1907), under the proposal of Peng Yingjia of Lanzhou Road and the sponsorship of Yun Sheng, the governor of Gansu Province, the Qing government used 306,000 yuan of silver from the state treasury, and under the technical guidance of American capital preservation and German Derouet, the first iron bridge of the Yellow River was built by German businessman and foreign firm Kaiyus. 1942 was changed to "Zhongshan Bridge", and 1954 renovated and strengthened the iron bridge, adding five curved arch beams, which made the iron bridge look durable and magnificent.