Xiluo Bridge

A very beautiful red iron bridge, if the weather is good, it is very beautiful to take pictures. The bridge deck is not very wide, there is only one line of two-way streets, but because it is an old bridge, there will not be many people and vehicles passing by. There is also a square next to it, and the parent-child park under the bridge. There is also good parking around.

This time, because I participated in the Dajia Mazu circumnavigation trip, I had the opportunity to walk from Xizhou Township, Changhua, to Xiluo Town, Yunlin, on the Xiluo Bridge. I used to see many believers walking on this bridge following in the footsteps of Mazu on TV. I didn’t realize how long the bridge was when I drove by. I walked by myself and learned from the iron sign on the bridge that the length of the bridge is nearly 2 kilometers. When it was completed, it was the largest iron bridge in the Far East, second only to the San Francisco Bridge, and was also the transportation hub for north-south transportation. Although most of the transportation of Xiluo Bridge has been replaced by expressways, the image of connecting the town has long been an indelible scene in people's memory. Walking on the bridge and watching the high-speed rail pass by in the distance, watching the water flow and siltation of the Zhuoshui River, watching the crops of farmers by the riverbed, it is a beautiful scenery for people in the city to relax their minds. IG: t.p.f.v_1798 FB: Brigade. shoot. Food. photo. 1798

The Zhuoshui River, which spans Yunlin County and Changhua County, was once listed as one of the eight scenic spots in Taiwan. At that time, it was known as the "First Bridge in the Far East". This is the Xiluo Bridge. The Xiluo Bridge was completed in December 1952 and officially opened to traffic in January the following year. The bridge is 1,939.03 meters long and 7.32 meters wide. In the early days, there was a special railway for the sugar industry on the Xiluo Bridge, which formed the phenomenon of railways and highways. Later, the sugar industry railway was dismantled on the grounds of obstructing traffic. Before the first line of Taiwan was widened, Xiluo Bridge was an important transportation hub, and the place where vehicles from south to north must pass also created the prosperity of Xiluo Town. And the convenience of the first line of Taiwan and the expressway after the road change and widening has made this once-fashioned bridge slowly fade away. The bridge was closed to vehicular traffic for a period of time, and then reopened to traffic. Fire red is the symbol of the Xiluo Bridge. The memory of how many drivers are carried here. In addition to the current bridge, it also provides the value of sightseeing and tourism. Let the younger generation know that the Xiluo Bridge was unprecedented at that time. 's scene. (20210918)