The bridge was designed by MAA Consultants (Chinese: 亞新工程顧問股份有限公司) and built by Yilan County Government.
[4] Search and rescue operation teams faced difficulties in finding the missing people due to the underwater location which had low visibility.
[6] The oil tanker driver, 61-year-old Zhang Jianchang (張建昌), was rescued from the burning wreckage immediately after the collapse by four workers from a nearby petrol station located 30 meters away.
He underwent emergency surgery and was warded in the intensive care unit at the Luodong Bo’ai Hospital.
[22] The armed forces deployed a floating platform to retrieve debris and the boats stuck under the bridge.
[26] In November 2020, Taiwan Transportation Safety Board published the final investigation regarding the collapse of the bridge.
[27] In August 2022, the Yilan District Prosecutors' Office charged six people involved in the construction of the bridge with negligence.
[29] Due to the fact that many migrant fishermen sleep inside their fishing vessels during night time, a dangerous condition in the case of similar bridge collapse incident to happen again, the Labor Affairs Department of Yilan County Government started the planning to build onshore accommodation for those migrant workers at Nanfang'ao Fishing Port.
The project will be broken down into three phases and last for three years, with the ultimate goal of providing the accommodation for all of the migrant fishermen.