This 230 meter-long steel girder bridge across the Erren River connecting Tainan and Kaohsiung was completed in March 1931 to carry a newly double-tracked section of the Western Trunk Line (縱貫線). It replaced a single-track predecessor built in 1900. Its steel girders have never been swapped out, making it the only Japanese colonial era bridge of its class still standing in Taiwan. Decommissioned when a third-generation bridge took over in January 2014, the structure narrowly escaped demolition before it was listed as a heritage site in 2015.
Map
Heritage Status
- Municipal Monument (直轄市定古蹟)
Links
- Wikipedia in Chinese (中文維基百科)
- Cultural Assets Bureau (文化部文化資產局)
Themes
- Japanese Colonial Era Taiwan (台灣日治時代)
- Railways in Taiwan (臺灣鐵路建設)
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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.