Zhejiang's Bridges

Zhejiang is endowed with rivers and lakes. The land is noted for bridges. According to Zhejiang Chronicle in the Qing Dynasty, there were more than 10,000 bridges at that time in this coastal province. Due to backward science and technology, those bridges were short narrow bridges made of stone. The first modern bridge in Zhejiang happened to be China's first bridge designed and made by Chinese. It was Qiantang River Bridge in Hangzhou. The bridge was built in 1937, engineered by Mao