Qidu Liji Bridge

Qidu Liji Bridge

Located in Lugang Village, Miaogang Community, Qidu Town, Wujiang District, spanning the Nijia Port. Its original construction date is unknown, but it was rebuilt in the 27th year of the Guangxu reign of the Qing Dynasty (1901). On July 29, 1994, it was listed as a cultural relic control unit of Wujiang District.

It is a single-arch stone bridge oriented from east to west. The bridge is 13.5 meters long, 2 meters wide at the center, 2.4 meters wide at the abutments, with an arch height of 2.7 meters and a span of 3.8 meters. The arch ring, steps, and bridge deck are made of granite, while the rest is bluestone. The arch ring is constructed using the method of longitudinal jointing with separate segments. Liji Bridge is currently closed to traffic due to years of disrepair, overgrown with wild trees, and the bridge deck shows slight damage.

Source: Wujiang Archives Bureau

Miaogang Community: Located in the southwest of Wujiang District, on the southern shore of Taihu Lake's eastern part, it borders Hengshan to the east, connects to Qidu and Badu to the west, neighbors Zhenze to the south, faces Taihu Lake to the north, and looks across the lake to Dongshan and Xishan islands. … Miaogang Community detailed information++