Historical materials of Guilin jiefang bridge
Historical allusions about jiefang bridge in Guilin: jiefang bridge is the main traffic artery between east and west in Guilin. The reconstructed rear axle is 45 meters wide and 284 meters long, with beautiful shape, lightness and smoothness. Standing on the bridge, looking at Qixing Park in the east, downtown in the west, Fubo Mountain, Diecai Mountain and Duxiu Peak in the north, Xiangshan Mountain, Chuanshan Mountain and Nanxi Mountain in the south. At the bridgehead on the east bank, the interchange section is turned into a pedestrian walkway. The bottom of the cross-bank arch is painted with blue sky and white clouds. On the arch wall, there are huge photos of Guilin landscape with a width of 45 meters. Various forms of fountain hoses, water curtain walls, bronze horse sculptures, modeling lamp posts and glass sheds make it a good place for hydrophilic, swimming, leisure and sightseeing. It is also one of the water docks in the two rivers and four lakes. The west bank bridgehead ramp is a small garden with geometric style, which is connected by underground passages. Located at the eastern end of Jiefang East Road and the western end of Liberty Road, it is the earliest bridge across Lijiang River in Guilin. Guilin was founded in 1939, and was repeatedly attacked by enemy planes during the Anti-Japanese War. In order to evacuate the urban population, a steel wood truss deck bridge was built, named "Zhongzheng Bridge". Length 18 1 m, width 1 1 m, 5 holes, each with a span of 36 m, wooden bridge deck, load 10 ton. 1944 10. In October, the Japanese invaders besieged the territory and blew up the bridge deck of 2 or 3 holes. 1In July, 945, the occupying forces broke the No.2 and No.3 steel beams when they were defeated. 1February, 946, the "Zhongzheng pontoon bridge" was completed. 1951July, the original site of the steel wood truss structure was rebuilt and renamed as jiefang bridge. 1957 and 1962 were repaired twice. 1972, jiefang bridge kept the substructure, strengthened the piers, demolished the superstructure, widened the bridge deck and rebuilt it into an open-web concrete double-curved arch bridge. The total length is 239.3m, including main bridge 2 15.3m and approach bridge14m; 4.36 meters high, 5 holes, each with a span of 34.9 meters; The bridge deck width is15.5m, in which the driveway is 9.5m and the sidewalk is 3m. Load steam-13, drag -60. After the expansion, it greatly facilitated cross-strait traffic and made great contributions to the life and production of Guilin people.