Happy birthday Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge is 61 years old

October fifteenth

For the people of Wuhan

Today is a special day!

That's right!

Yesterday was the birthday of the Yangtze River Bridge!

He is 61 years old!

Yesterday, 61 years ago (October 15, 1957), it was an unusual day for the people of the whole country. The Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge, the first bridge of the Yangtze River, was officially completed and opened to traffic under the expectation of the whole country. "A bridge flies from north to south, the natural graben becomes clear", China's bridge construction and traffic pattern officially opened a new chapter.

With 61 years of ups and downs, Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge has witnessed the changes of the times and the development of the city. People in Wuhan have a different affection for this bridge, and there are too many stories worth telling.

If the Yangtze River is the soul of this city

Then the Yangtze River Bridge is the root of Wuhan people.

Who is the landmark that best represents the Greater Wuhan?

It is said that after several rounds of voting, netizens in the three towns who are not satisfied with Zhou

Finally, an intimate handshake reached a consensus:

The landmark that best represents the greater Wuhan--

Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge

Some people say

If couples cross the bridge together, they will not break up.

People who love each other will get white when they cross the bridge.

Going for a walk on the bridge will never quarrel

Shout against the river wind on the bridge and your wish will come true.

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You who have lived in Wuhan for so long

Have you ever heard of or experienced it?

Only belongs to the footage of Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge.

So, about TA

How much do you know?

Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge, alias: Wanli No. 1 Yangtze River Bridge, total length: 1670 meters, opening time: October 15, 1957, design life: 100 years.

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Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge, located on the river surface between Wuchang Snake Mountain and Hanyang Guishan, is the first bridge built over the Yangtze River in China, which is known as "the first Bridge of the Yangtze River". At that time, the bridge, built with the efforts of the whole country, became an important symbol of the achievements of the construction of New China.

The upper layer is the highway bridge (National Highway 107) and the lower layer is the double-track railway bridge (Beijing-Guangzhou Railway). The bridge has a total of 8 piers and 9 holes, each with a span of 128 meters, which can reach 10,000 tons of giant ships under the bridge!

Today, the Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge stands tall and elegant.

Looking back, it was the dream of many generations to build a bridge over the Yangtze River: in the late Qing Dynasty, Zhang Zhidong, governor of Huguang, first put forward the idea of building a bridge over the Yangtze River in the Han Dynasty. Dr. Sun Yat-sen also had this plan in his Strategy for governing the country, but eventually ran aground.

Until September 1955, in the early days of the founding of New China, the construction of the Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge finally began! Manpower and materials supported by the whole country are continuously transported to Wuhan. Engineers and technicians from Beijing, technicians from Sichuan, auxiliary workers from Henan, and people from all over the world gathered in Wuhan.

June 1956

Inscribed by Chairman Mao

"A bridge flies north and south, and the natural graben becomes a clear road."

For the Yangtze River Bridge under construction.

Draw a grand blueprint.

△ August 1956, the first steel beam of Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge was erected.

△ in the spring of 1957, expert Suvorov was directing the splicing of the beam.

The Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge under construction by △ is about to close (Liao Zhaoqing)

October 15, 1957

Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge is officially opened to traffic!

The three towns in Wuhan are integrated.

The Beijing-Guangzhou Railway, the main artery between the north and the south, was opened.

At that time, the whole city was boiling and the whole country was celebrating.

Grand opening of △ Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge (Liu Jianhua)

Six large trucks driving △ passed neatly across the bridge.

△ October 15, 1957, Wuhan people celebrating the opening of the bridge filled the bridge deck. (for Hubei Archives)

△ at the opening ceremony of the Yangtze River Bridge, then Li Surong (first from right), as one of the three student representatives, participated in the ribbon-cutting ceremony. In Li Surong's opinion, that

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The Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge was opened to traffic, but Wang Weimin, then director of the Hanyang Jianqiao New Village police station, was annoyed. "We can often hear such conversations here," he recalled.

"Comrade, we have had a child. Please make a note for me and call it 'Jianqiao'."

"comrade, please change your name. There are too many people who call it that name."

"then change it to Hanqiao."

In order to make their children and the word "bridge" side by side, parents make great efforts, in addition to "building bridge" and "Han bridge", there are also "golden bridge", "silver bridge", "green bridge", "new bridge" and "learning bridge".

Is there a Mr. and Mrs. Bridge around you?!

The bridge is inextricably bound to the people of Wuhan.

This bridge makes Wuhan people have a bridge complex.

This bridge led to the rise of "bridge culture" in Wuhan.

And "take a stroll along the Yangtze River Bridge"

It is also part of the itinerary of foreign tourists.

△ in early November 1958, 18-year-old Lei Feng was hired by Angang. Dressed in a "fashionable" Lei Feng, he stood under the majestic bridgehead with a smile. /

It is said that many people from Wuhan

There is a private collection of photos with the bridge.

It is like a playmate who has been around since childhood.

Said very little, but in the years of growing up

Accompany everyone who lives in this city.

August 1975

Three sisters Ma Xiaoji, Ma Jun and Ma Shuang came to visit Wuhan.

(left to right)

They stood at the observation platform under the bridgehead of Wuchang.

With the Yangtze River and the bridge as the background, a group photo was left.

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September 2017

The three sisters revisited the same place and took a group photo according to the station at that time.

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The two photos were taken 42 years apart

The figure in the picture looks old.

But the river is still surging and the bridge stands towering.

On the contrary, he looks younger.

It is amazing that the passage of time and the magnificent transformation of Wuhan

Aerial photograph of Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge in 1980s 01

Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge in October 2007 (photo by Chen Jin)

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In June 2015, more than 70 Wuhan college graduates walked on the Yangtze River Bridge 03

In 2017, tourists are bustling under the towering bridge.

Snowmen are sent back and forth on the Yangtze River Bridge during the first snowfall in 2018.

Building bridges in the world to see China

Building Bridge in China and looking at Wuhan

The Yangtze River Bridge has witnessed historical changes.

But also to create the future of Wuhan.

Since the completion of the Yangtze River Bridge in Wuhan

"the operation time is the longest, the transport volume is the largest and the load is the largest."

It is regarded as the everlasting monument in the history of bridge construction in China.

Since the completion of the Yangtze River Bridge 60 years ago

It has experienced 4 floods and 77 collisions.

The worst hit was June 6, 2011.

A 10,000-ton oil tanker crashed into Pier 7.

And the most recent impact was September 17, 2015.

A crane ship collided with No. 5 pier

A clear mark was made on the pier!

But even so, the bridge didn't break its bones.

Still very "healthy"

It's really a veritable "strong bridge".

Now, about 300 trains cross the bridge every day.

Pass through an average of one column every five minutes

The average daily traffic on the bridge is more than 100000.

An average of 70 cars pass through every minute.

At the beginning, the design life of Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge was 100 years.

Today, it is still in its prime.

Data show that so far, all the bridges built on the Yangtze River, all the cross-sea bridges in China, and many large and super-large railway bridges crossing mountain streams have Wuhan builders. More than 70% of the bridges in the country are "built in Wuhan"!

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Over the past 60 years, the Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge is still as strong as ever, which embodies the painstaking efforts and sweat of generations of people. Love is deeper than the river, love is longer than the river, they guard on the Yangtze River Bridge.

On October 15, 2017, several generations of bridge workers, who are on duty at the Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge, took a group photo together on the railway maintenance passageway of the bridge to share the happy birthday of the bridge, which has been with them for 60 years.

(the picture is from the netizens of Donghu Community, Hubei Daily)

Among the 26 bridge workers in the maintenance workshop of the Yangtze River Bridge in the Wuhan Bridge Section of Wuhan Railway Bureau, 12 are the descendants of bridge maintenance workers! Their grandfather was the first generation of bridge builders involved in the construction of the Yangtze River Bridge, their father's "relay" became the second generation, and they themselves became the third generation.

For more than 60 years

One crop after another, the officers and men guarding the bridge were stationed at the foot of Guishan and Snake Mountain.

Grow together with the bridge year after year

"Love is deeper than the river, love is longer than the river, we guard on the Yangtze River Bridge, how much wind and rain, how much summer cold, sincere engraved on our faces …..." This is not only the team song of the bridge guards, but also the true portrayal of their lives, but also the aspirations of the bridge guards.

In every rotation and fade of the city of Wuhan

Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge has never been absent.

With the power of its backbone

Carrying the new glory of this city every day!

(the pattern △ of Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge on the third set of RMB 20-point coupons)

△ poster "the wish to build the bridge has finally come true"

△ in 1957, in order to celebrate the completion of Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge, a set of commemorative medals for the completion of Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge was jointly issued by the Railway Ministry Bridge Engineering Bureau, Wuhan Bridge Engineering Bureau and the Survey and Design Institute of the Ministry of Railways. The commemorative medallion is made of copper.

May 3, 2013

Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge is selected as a national key protected cultural relic.

September 2016

Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge was selected.

List of the first batch of Chinese Architectural Heritage in the 20th Century

Today

"Wuhan-Bridge" naturally merged into one.

The bridge is engraved with the memory of a city.

In the hearts of the old people of Wuhan

The Yangtze River Bridge is all the endless reminiscences about the hometown.

The love for the Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge

Has long been engraved in the bones of Wuhan people, indivisible!

Today's topic

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