Yangtze River Bridge Nanjing

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... the scuplture of the Raised Arm. We spent 30 minutes learning the history of the Yangtze River Bridge, going right back to about 1867 when China went from emperors to the nationalist and communist political parties, learning about China's allience of ...

... -looking plants was thoroughly Dickensian.  The train crossed the very wide Yangtze River into Nanjing on the top level of the famous Yangtze River Bridge. The Yangtze is the traditional division between northern and southern China and normally ...

... . As it was Gaia's last weekend in China, Lavinia asked her what she would like to do, and she chose the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge. Despite it being the second longest bridge in China (I think), despite it being double decker, and despite it being ...

... we had to buy breakfast. Oh well, that extra hour of sleep was worth it. In any case, we went to Yangtze river bridge crossing first. This bridge is significant because it provided the first direct train route from Beijing to Shanghai. The Yangtze is a ...

... and rode back.  As if that wasn't enough Yangtze River fun for one day, we proceeded to drive across the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge/南京长江大桥, which was also very cool. It's a double-decker, the top being ...