HUANGSHAN, Dec. 22 (Xinhua) -- A 480-year-old bridge passed quality inspection Tuesday after it went through a 13-month repair work in east China's Anhui Province.
The Zhenhai Bridge, built during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), was a state-level cultural relics protection site in the city of Huangshan. It was destroyed by floods during a heavy rainstorm on July 7, 2020.
Repair work started four months after it was destroyed. Around 80 percent of material from the wrecked structure such as the stones of the bridge surface, arches and piers were retrieved.
The total length of the new bridge is 131 meters with 7.5 meters in width.
The seven-arch bridge was initially constructed in 1536 and was repaired several times in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) after also being damaged by flooding.
Combo photo shows the flood-destroyed Zhenhai Bridge on Nov. 12, 2020 (upper, Xinhua/Zhou Mu) and the repaired Zhenhai Bridge in Tunxi District of Huangshan, east China's Anhui Province, Dec. 21, 2021 (Xinhua/Liu Junxi).
Combo photo shows the flood-destroyed Zhenhai Bridge on Nov. 12, 2020 (upper, Xinhua/Zhou Mu) and the repaired Zhenhai Bridge in Tunxi District of Huangshan, east China's Anhui Province, Dec. 21, 2021 (Xinhua/Liu Junxi).
Photo shows the repaired Zhenhai Bridge in Tunxi District of Huangshan, east China's Anhui Province, Dec. 21, 2021. (Photo by Shi Yalei/Xinhua)
Photo shows the repaired Zhenhai Bridge in Tunxi District of Huangshan, east China's Anhui Province, Dec. 21, 2021. (Photo by Shi Yalei/Xinhua)
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