Longteng Bridge
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Longteng Bridge 龍騰斷橋 |
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Longteng Bridge c. 1910
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| Coordinates | 24°21′30.4″N 120°46′25.8″E / 24.358444°N 120.773833°ECoordinates: 24°21′30.4″N 120°46′25.8″E / 24.358444°N 120.773833°E |
| Carries | Railroad |
| Crosses | (三叉河; Sānchā hé) |
| Locale | Longteng Village, Sanyi Township, Miaoli County, Taiwan |
| Official name | 魚藤坪斷橋 |
| Owner | Taiwan Railway Administration |
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| Design | Masonry arch (approach) and truss (span) |
| Material | Brick (arch) and Steel (truss) |
| No. of spans | 9 |
| History | |
| Designer | 長稻垣兵太郎 |
| Engineering design by | |
| Construction start | 1 May 1906 |
| Construction end | 30 January 1907 |
| Collapsed | 21 April 1935 (during 1935 Shinchiku-Taichū earthquake) |
 Longteng Bridge
Location of Longteng Bridge in Taiwan
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The Longteng Bridge (Chinese: 龍騰斷橋; pinyin: Lóngténg Duànqiáo), officially known as the Yutengping Bridge (魚藤坪斷橋; Yúténg-píng Duànqiáo), is a former bridge in Longteng Village, Sanyi Township, Miaoli County, Taiwan.
The bridge was built in 1906 during Japanese rule, and was named Gyotōhei kyō (魚藤坪橋?). It was designed by the American civil engineers Theodore Cooper and C.C. Schneider for the colonial government. Both the bridge and nearby village (modern-day Longteng) were named Gyotōhei (魚藤坪) after a local plant Millettia pachycarpa (Chinese: 魚藤; pinyin: yúténg; Japanese pronunciation: gyotō) believed to be poisonous to fish; legends believed that a malevolent carp in a nearby lake was responsible for misfortune, and residents planted the shrub to counter the carp. The original design consists of a central steel truss flanked by multiple brick masonry arch approaches.
The April 1935 Shinchiku-Taichū earthquake and subsequent aftershocks in July damaged the bridge beyond repair. Several masonry arches were cracked and the north and south ends of the truss became misaligned. A new iron bridge was built in 1938, 80 meters to the west of Longteng Bridge, and the central truss was dismantled once the new bridge opened.Longteng of the bridge's common name is from the name of Longteng Village and gained use after the Japanese handover of Taiwan.
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