Batuan Bridge
The Batuan Bridge ( Chinese 岜团桥 , Pinyin Batuan qiáo ) is located in Batuan Autonomous County Sanjiang of Dong , Liuzhou , Guangxi , China. It was built in 1910, is 50 meters long and bridges the Miao River (Miao Jiang 苗 江).
The covered wooden bridge is two-story, the corridor above is for the people, the one below for the draft animals.
The bridge has been on the list of monuments of the People's Republic of China (5-378) since 2001 .
Web links
- China's Historic Bridges: Architecture over Water (PDF file; 1.78 MB)
- Batuan Bridge
- Wooden houses and wind-rain bridges - a glimpse into the mountain villages of northern Guangxi
Footnotes
Coordinates: 25 ° 56 ′ 17 ″ N , 109 ° 28 ′ 30 ″ E