Zhanghu Suspension Bridge (樟湖吊橋) was a short-lived tourist bridge spanning Qingshui Creek (清水溪) in Gukeng, Yunlin. This 170 meter-long, 1.5 meter-wide structure opened in 2003 to replace the former bridge Qingshui Creek Suspension Bridge (清水溪吊橋), which was destroyed in the 921 Earthquake. Less than six years later it was destroyed by catastrophic flooding caused by Typhoon Morakot in August 2009, leaving only the northern bridgehead, where the original name plaque is still legible.
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- Taiwan Cultural Memory Bank (文化部國家文化記憶庫)
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- 921 Earthquake (九二一大地震)
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I am a web application developer, photojournalist, urban explorer, and history enthusiast passionate about the open web and documenting my experiences on this planet. This project was founded in the early 2010s and has evolved into a sort of personal Wikipedia of places that interest me (and often the photographs I’ve taken there). I’m originally from Toronto, Canada, but spend most of my time residing in Taiwan.