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Source says New Yalu River Bridge, completed in 2014, will be used for cargo only
The New Yalu River Bridge in Feb. 2019 | Image: NK News
China and North Korea will finally open the New Yalu River Bridge on Thursday, according to Chinese state media, more than a decade after it was built.
“A new bridge will officially open to traffic on Thursday across China’s border river with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK),” the state-run Xinhua News Agency reported on Wednesday.
The infamous “bridge to nowhere” connects the cities of Dandong and Sinuiju but has remained unopened ever since it was built in 2014.
A flurry of construction and vehicle activity on eitherside of the bridge since Xi Jinping’s summit with Kim Jong
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