Tumen Border Bridge

The Tumen Border Bridge is a bridge over the Tumen River, connecting Tumen City, Jilin Province, China, with Namyang, Onsong County, North Hamgyong Province, North Korea.^[1]

Tumen Border Bridge
Tumen Border Bridge in the autumn
Coordinates	42.9548°N 129.8502°E / 42.9548; 129.8502
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	图们国境大桥
Traditional Chinese	圖們國境大橋
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Túmen Guójìng Dàqiáo
Korean name
Chosŏn'gŭl	도문국경대교
Transcriptions Revised Romanization Domun Gukgyeong Daegyo McCune–Reischauer Tomun Gukkyŏng Daegyo
Location
Interactive map of Tumen Border Bridge

Tumen Border Bridge, from China, in the winter

Tumen Border Railway Bridge can be seen about 200 meters upstream from Tumen Border Bridge, in summer

History

It was built in 1941 by the Japanese. During the Korean War, it was one of the border posts from which the Chinese People's Volunteer Army entered North Korea.^[2] A parallel, larger bridge is under construction since 2016.^[3] The new bridge was completed in 2019.^[4][5] In 2025, China built a symbolic gate resembling a triumphal arch in front of the bridge.^[6]

Description

The bridge is 515 metres long, 6 metres high, 6 metres wide. Tumen Border Post is located there. A little upstream from the bridge is Tumen Border Railway Bridge.

See also

• Sino–Korean Friendship Bridge and New Yalu River Bridge (Dandong City)
• Ji'an Yalu River Border Railway Bridge
• Changbai-Hyesan International Bridge
• Linjiang Yalu River Bridge
• Tumen River Bridge (Hunchun City)
• List of international bridges

External links

• Panorama view of the bridge and border checkpoint