Yutengping Broken Bridge

　　    Yutengping Broken Bridge, also known as Longteng Broken Bridge, is located 80 meters upstream from the old Yamagata Prefecture Railway Yutengping Iron Bridge in Longteng Village, Sanyi Township, Miaoli County. It is a brick arch bridge built in Taiwan in 1907. Once hailed as the “finest piece of railway architecture in Taiwan,” this brick arch bridge bears the scars of broken arches after surviving two major central Taiwan earthquakes in 1935 and 1999. It holds significant historical and architectural value.

　　    After the earthquakes, Yutengping Bridge was deemed unusable, and due to sharp curves on both the north and south sides of the bridge, the Railway Department's Taichung Line Earthquake Recovery Office under the Government-General of Taiwan's Transportation Bureau decided not to renovate the original bridge. Instead, they built the second-generation Yutengping Bridge on the west side of the original one, completing it in 1938 to replace the first-generation bridge. In 2000, the Council for Cultural Affairs designated Yutengping Broken Bridge as an earthquake memorial structure, and in 2003, Miaoli County Government listed it as a county-level historical site under the Cultural Heritage Preservation Act. Today, it has become a renowned local tourist attraction.

　　    Yutengping Broken Bridge Top reason to visit: One of the most famous historic sites in Sanyi Township