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Garden Bridge

The Garden Bridge: Misunderstanding, War, and a Century’s Worth of History

Photo: Historic Shanghai collection The 1908 Garden Bridge (Waibaidu Qiao 外白渡桥) is that rarest of Shanghai historic treasures: an original structure that is still being used for the same purpose for which it was built. And it’s got quite a story. Before bridges spanned the river, ferry crossings were the only ...