Tumen Border Bridge

Tumen Border Bridge
Tumen Border Bridge
	Tumen Border Bridge in the autumn
Coordinates	42°57′17″N 129°51′01″E / 42.9548°N 129.8502°E
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	图们国境大桥
Traditional Chinese	圖們國境大橋
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Túmen Guójìng Dàqiáo
Korean name
Chosŏn'gŭl	도문국경대교
Revised Romanization
Transcriptions
Revised Romanization	Domun Gukgyeong Daegyo
McCune–Reischauer	Tomun Gukkyŏng Daegyo
Location
	Interactive map of Tumen Border Bridge

The Tumen Border Bridge is a road bridge over the Tumen River, connecting Tumen City, Jilin Province, China, with Namyang, Onsong County, North Hamgyong Province, North Korea.^[1]

History

It was built in 1941 by the Japanese. 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 in 2019.^[4]^[5] In 2025, China built a symbolic gate resembling a triumphal arch in front of the bridge.^[6]

Description

The bridge 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.

External links

Panorama view of the bridge and border checkpoint

References

↑ 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.
↑ Zwirko, Colin (2025-11-24). "China erects giant triumphal arch at unopened border bridge to North Korea". NK News. Retrieved 2025-11-25.

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[1] Travelling at the Tumen Border Bridge Archived 2015-01-18 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)

[2] Tumen Border Post (Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge) Archived 2018-10-03 at the Wayback Machine (in Chinese)

[3] "Construction progress at Tumen city's new bridge appears stalled: imagery". NK News.

[4] "New Sino-DPRK cross-border road bridge may open soon, photos suggest". NK News.

[5] "China steps closer to opening bridge meant to boost trade with North Korea". NK News.

[6] Zwirko, Colin (2025-11-24). "China erects giant triumphal arch at unopened border bridge to North Korea". NK News. Retrieved 2025-11-25.

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v t e China–North Korea border crossings
Major crossings¹	New Yalu River Bridge³ Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge² Tumen Border Railway Bridge² Tumen Border Road Bridge Quanhe-Yunting Bridge
Minor crossings	Hwanggumpyong Island³ Upper Hekou Railway Bridge² Ji'an Railway Bridge² Ji'an Road Bridge Linjiang Yalu River Bridge Changbai-Hyesan Bridge Samjiyon crossing Guchengli Bridge Nanping Bridge Sanhe Bridge Chaokai Bridge Shatuozi Bridge
Defunct	Yalu River Broken Bridge Yalu River Broken Wooden Pontoon² Hekou Broken Bridge Chagang Samgang Railway Bridge² Kuunbong Railway Bridge² Karim Bridge Liangshui Broken Bridge Hunyung Railway Bridges²
¹ Crossings that are open to third country nationals ² Railway border crossings ³ Future or planned crossings

History

Description

See also

External links

References