Dongjin Bridge
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The Dongjin Bridge (simplified Chinese: 东津桥; traditional Chinese: 東津橋; pinyin: Dōngjīn Qiáo) or Jianchunmen Pontoon Bridge (建春门浮桥) in Ganzhou, Jiangxi province, China is a pontoon bridge constructed over the Gong River in the Chinese Song Dynasty (960-1279). Situated outside the Jianchunmen gate of the , it is the survivor of several pontoon bridges found in China.
Its length is a total of roughly 400 metres long, made up of wooden planks placed on around 100 wooden boats linked together with iron chains.
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- Architecture of the Song Dynasty
Coordinates: 25°52′04″N 114°56′45″E / 25.8678206°N 114.9458206°E
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- Pontoon bridges
- Bridges in Jiangxi
- Chinese architectural history
- Ganzhou
- Transport in Jiangxi
- Song dynasty architecture
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