'West Ferry Bridge'), is an ancient Chinese covered bridge or lángqiáo (廊桥) located in Yongkang, Jinhua, Zhejiang Province, China.
[1] In the 57th year of the Kangxi Era (1718), the bridge was rebuilt, and in the early period of the Yongzheng Era, the bridge's piers were replaced with stones to improve its load capacity.
[2] At the beginning of the Qianlong Era, the construction of the bridge was finished.
The inscription on the stele is known as Xijin Qiao Zhi (simplified Chinese: 西津桥志; traditional Chinese: 西津橋志; pinyin: Xī Jīn Qiáo Zhì; lit.
When it was a completely wooden bridge, it had a length of 206.3 meters distributed over 15 piers and 16 spans.