Stamp features Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge. The Yangtze River forms a major geographic barrier dividing northern and southern China. For millennia, travelers crossed the Yangtze by ferry. In the first half of the 20th century, rail passengers from Beijing to Guangzhou and Shanghai had to disembark, respectively, at Hanyang and Pukou, and cross the river by steam ferry before resuming journeys by train. After the founding of the People's Republic in 1949, the Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge, a dual-use road-rail bridge, was built with Soviet assistance from 1955 to 1957. History | Architecture | Art and Craft Product | Vertical | East Asia
High Resolution JPEG Picture of Stamp features Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge. The Yangtze River forms a major geographic barrier dividing northern and southern China. For millennia, travelers crossed the Yangtze by ferry. In the first half of the 20th century, rail passengers from Beijing to Guangzhou and Shanghai had to disembark, respectively, at Hanyang and Pukou, and cross the river by steam ferry before resuming journeys by train. After the founding of the People's Republic in 1949, the Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge, a dual-use road-rail bridge, was built with Soviet assistance from 1955 to 1957. [155939923] stock photo
