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Carries
  
Footbridge

Design
  
Suspension bridge

Longest span
  
100 metres (330 ft)

Location
  
Luding County

Phone
  
+86 836 312 5432

Crosses
  
Dadu River

Material
  
Chain

Opened
  
1701

Province
  
Sichuan

Luding Bridge

Locale
  
Luding County, Sichuan, China

Address
  
Chengwu Rd, Luding Xian, Ganzi Zangzuzizhizhou, Sichuan Sheng, China

Similar
  
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Chengdu luding bridge


Luding Bridge (simplified Chinese: 泸定桥; traditional Chinese: 瀘定橋; pinyin: Lúdìng Qiáo) is a bridge over the Dadu River in Luding County, Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan, China, located about 80 kilometers west of the city of Ya'an. The bridge dates from the Qing Dynasty and is considered a historical landmark. It was an important crossing on the road between Sichuan and Tibet.

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The luding bridge icon of the cultural revolution china


Battle of Luding Bridge

In 1935, during the Long March, soldiers of the Fourth Regiment of the Chinese Workers and Peasants' Army secured the bridge as a river crossing vital to the Red Army.

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Luding Bridge Wikipedia