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The Chungsong Bridge (충성의 다리, 忠誠) is a major road bridge across the
Taedong River The Taedong River (Chosŏn'gŭl: ) is a large river in North Korea. The river rises in the Rangrim Mountains of the country's north where it then flows southwest into Korea Bay at Namp'o.Suh, Dae-Sook (1987) "North Korea in 1986: Strengthenin ...
in Pyongyang opened in 1983.Summary of World Broadcasts: The Far East. 1983 - (KCNA in English 0403 gmt 2 Sep 83) BRIDGE IN PYONGYANG The Chungsong bridge was opened to traffic on 6 September. With the completion of the bridge, which is thrown across the Taedong river to link the Pyongchon and Nakrang ... In the middle of the bridge it has off- and on-ramps westward to the smaller Ssuk Island (쑥섬) where the
Pyongyang Sci-Tech Complex The DPRK Sci-Tech Complex () is a science and technology centre housed in a large atom-shaped building located on Ssuk Island in Pyongyang, accessed by the Chungsong Bridge. It was completed in 2015. According to KBS World, it then had over 100, ...
is located, and then on across a ditch to the larger and mainly agricultural
Turu Island Turu Island (두루섬) is a large island in the Taedong River in Pyongyang, North Korea, separated by a shallow channel from the smaller Ssuk Island to its east. Since 1983 both islands have been accessible by road via an off-ramp in the middle of ...
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