Longest Covered Bridge in Asia build in 1591 destroyed by massive fire - Polidicks

[img]http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/11/29/article-2515693-19B6BA1D00000578-991_634x381.jpg[/img] [img]http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/11/29/article-2515693-19B6BB0200000578-411_634x389.jpg[/img] [img]http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/11/29/article-2515693-19B6B9FB00000578-66_634x392.jpg[/img] [img]http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/11/29/article-2515693-19B6BA4800000578-841_634x413.jpg[/img] [img]http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/11/29/article-2515693-19B6B9ED00000578-290_634x397.jpg[/img] [quote]The longest covered bridge in Asia has been destroyed after a fire roared through the wooden structure last night. The Feng Yu Covered Bridge, in Chongqing, China, is known throughout the Far East for its traditional beauty topped by a pagoda-style roof that stretched 303 metres across the region's Apeng River. But last night the five-metre-wide crossing, first built in 1591, collapsed into the waters as the blaze turned it to ashes. [/quote] Read more: [url]http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2515693/Longest-covered-bridge-Asia-destroyed-massive-ripped-303-metre-wooden-structure.html#ixzz2mCUAXvPg[/url] :( all that history

All good things end eventually, it's a fact I'm going to have to face as an Archeologist. Not everything old will be preserved forever :(

great news for the 2nd longest bridge

It's going to be a real shame if it turns out to be Arson.

Man, that bridge was cool as hell too. Hope they rebuild it. It wont have the same history, but still.

i bet they put up a concrete monstrosity and say progress

[QUOTE=Animosus;43033364]It's going to be a real shame if it turns out to be Arson.[/QUOTE] It'll probably be something trivial, like a guy who didn't stamp out his cigarette all the way.

That was a very nice bridge, architecturally speaking. Shame to see it go.

It's a damn shame to see old structures like this fall, so much craftsmanship and history all lost in one fell swoop. Dayum shame, mayun.

probably the fucking mongols again

[QUOTE=Sableye;43033407]i bet they put up a concrete monstrosity and say progress[/QUOTE] well it would be progress. Concrete and metal bridges have a 100% less chance of burning down

[QUOTE=yawmwen;43033471]probably the fucking mongols again[/QUOTE] Idiot, water wasting silkfarmers. Who needs bridges anyway? All you need is a ford and a good horse.

[QUOTE=yawmwen;43033471]probably the fucking mongols again[/QUOTE] how did you know :tinfoil:

That was a very pretty bridge, shame it had to burn.

That thing is gorgeous and it's a loss that it's burned down.

Think of how many feet must have trod on that stone..

chong ching... what a great name for a city.. i would live there just to say i'm from chong ching. [editline]1st December 2013[/editline] in china

This comment is worth noting: [quote] This entire article is misleading. A BRIDGE was built at this location in 1591. The current bridge which burned down was built in 1999. China did not lose some major historical bridge, it lost a 14 year old replica. [/quote]

[QUOTE=B!N4RY;43034720]This comment is worth noting:[/QUOTE] Figured as much when they said "first built in 1591" and saw that it had concrete supports.

[QUOTE=B!N4RY;43034720]This comment is worth noting:[/QUOTE] china knows their stuff when it comes to replicating original material

It'll be rebuilt anyway, so I don't see the problem to be honest

[QUOTE=Laserbeams;43034812]It'll be rebuilt anyway, so I don't see the problem to be honest[/QUOTE] perhaps the problem is a bridge burned down

I didn't even know it existed, and it turns out it was one of the most awesome bridges I have ever seen. Shame.

Real shame. In Indiana we have lots of covered bridges around and we had a couple of them burned down because of arson.

[QUOTE=GoDong-DK;43034739]Figured as much when they said "first built in 1591" and saw that it had [B]concrete supports[/B].[/QUOTE] How did I even miss that fact?

[QUOTE=DrDevil;43037102]How did I even miss that fact?[/QUOTE] I thought they were stone when I saw them.

[QUOTE=Rastadogg;43033389]Man, that bridge was cool as hell too. Hope they rebuild it. It wont have the same history, but still.[/QUOTE] It has probably been rebuild 4-5 times already anyway. The fact you repair something won't change the its history.