Gongsitian Creek Bridge

The remains of a Qing dynasty era bridge over Gongsitian Creek (公司田溪), which is named for the farmland the Dutch East India Company once managed along its banks. The crossing carried the old road running north from Tamsui onward to Sanzhi, Jinshan, and Keelung. Successive timber bridges were repeatedly swept away by floods until local gentry funded a sturdier stone bridge in 1862, its slabs quarried downstream at Shuangxikou. Road widening superseded the need for the old bridge by 1971 and a full replacement was built on the site in 2006. Only three of the original stone slabs and a stele survive today. The ruins were designated a municipal monument in 2002.