Object description

The Faux Namti Bridge , also known as Wujiazhai Railway Bridge , or as the Inverted V Bridge , is a single-span railway bridge located in Wantang Township of Pingbian County, in the Nanxi River valley region in the Chinese province of Yunnan. The bridge spans a gorge 102 m above the Sicha River , a tributary of the Nanxi. It is located at kilometer 111 of the Kunming–Hekou Railway, the Chinese portion of part of the Kunming–Haiphong railway. Construction of the bridge was carried out by the French Batignolles Construction Company , beginning in March 1907 and ending in December 1908.