The Tumen Border Bridge (Chinese: 图们国境大桥) is a bridge over the Tumen River, connecting Tumen City, Jilin Province, China, with Namyang, Onsong County, North Hamgyong Province, North Korea.[1] It was built in 1941 by the Japanese and is 515 metres long, 6 metres high, 6 metres wide. Tumen Border Post is located there. A little upstream from the bridge is Tumen Border Railway Bridge.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Bridge_of_Tumen_City.jpg/250px-Bridge_of_Tumen_City.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/TumenDaqiao_winter.jpg/250px-TumenDaqiao_winter.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Tumen_Border_Railway_Bridge.jpg/250px-Tumen_Border_Railway_Bridge.jpg)
During the Korean War, it was one of the border posts from which the Chinese People's Volunteer Army entered North Korea.[2]
A parallel, larger bridge is under construction since 2016.[3] The new bridge was completed on 2019.[4][5]
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edit- ^ Travelling at the Tumen Border Bridge Archived 2015-01-18 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)
- ^ Tumen Border Post (Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge) Archived 2018-10-03 at the Wayback Machine (in Chinese)
- ^ "Construction progress at Tumen city's new bridge appears stalled: imagery". NK News.
- ^ "New Sino-DPRK cross-border road bridge may open soon, photos suggest". NK News.
- ^ "China steps closer to opening bridge meant to boost trade with North Korea". NK News.