New Yalu Bridge
Coordinates: 40 ° 2 ′ 10 ″ N , 124 ° 22 ′ 19 ″ E
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| use | Street | |
| Crossing of | Yalu | |
| place | Dandong / Sinŭiju | |
| construction | Cable-stayed bridge | |
| overall length | approx. 3 km | |
| vehicles per day | 20,000 vehicles, 50,000 people (planned) | |
| building-costs | 350 million US dollars | |
| start of building | October 2011 | |
| completion | October 2014 | |
| opening | November 2015 | |
| Status | Out of service | |
| toll | Yes | |
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The New Yalu Bridge is a bridge that spans the eponymous border river Yalu . It connects the cities of Dandong ( People's Republic of China ) and Sinŭiju ( North Korea ). The cable-stayed bridge is about 3 km long.
history
The decision to build a new bridge was made in 2010. In addition to the bridge, customs clearance , hotels, etc. are also to be built.
Construction work began in October 2011 and ended in October 2014. The bridge was opened in November 2015. However, it cannot yet be used meaningfully, as it ends in arable land on the North Korean side (as of August 2015). A toll must be paid to cross. The construction costs amounted to 350 million US dollars and were borne by China alone.
Around 60% of the trade volume between the two countries is to be transacted via the bridge.
In August 2017 it was announced that a businessman from China was ready to invest 300 million RMB (approx. 44.7 million US dollars) in the infrastructure on the North Korean side so that the bridge can be used.
During his visit to North Korea in June 2019, the President of the People's Republic of China , Xi Jinping , agreed to finance the connection to the North Korean road network. According to satellite images, the construction work has already started.
Construction work in June 2012
Access to the bridge from China
Individual evidence
- ↑ MASANORI YAMAKUCHI: Beijing's grand ambitions take shape with New Yalu River Bridge. China-Korea trade. (No longer available online.) In: http://asia.nikkei.com/ . Nikkei Asian Review, December 4, 2015, archived from the original on June 22, 2016 ; accessed on June 22, 2016 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ China Just Built A Massive $ 350 Million Bridge That Ends In A Dirt Field In North Korea. In: Business Insider. Retrieved June 22, 2016 .
- ↑ Chen Qian: Economy - german.china.org.cn - New bridge to stimulate trade between China and North Korea. In: german.china.org.cn. Retrieved June 22, 2016 .
- ↑ Chinese investment breathes new life into new Yalu River Bridge. Accessed August 4, 2017 .
- ↑ Yoshikazu Hirai: China to fund costs so bridge to North Korea can open to traffic ： The Asahi Shimbun. In: The Asahi Shimbun. July 29, 2019, accessed October 15, 2019 .
- ↑ Benjamin Katzeff Silberstein: China's Xi promised funding for bridge connections in North Korea, reports say. In: North Korean Economy Watch. July 30, 2019, Retrieved October 15, 2019 (American English).
