The Qiantang River Bridge (Chinese: 钱塘江大桥) is a combined road and railway bridge across the Qiantang River at Hangzhou in Zhejiang Province, China.
The bridge was designed by Mao Yisheng[1] and built by Dorman Long.
[2] Construction, which started on 8 August 1934 was completed on 29 September 1937.
[3] This two-tier truss bridge comprises 16 spans and measures 1,072 metres long.
[3] On 17 November 1937, during the Battle of Shanghai, the Bridge Construction Office were ordered to make preparations to blow up the bridge to delay the advancing Imperial Japanese Army.