Dandong Friendship Bridge to close for further renovation: source

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Dandong Friendship Bridge to close for further renovation: source

November photo shows poor quality of road surface on North Korean side of structure

Chad O'Carroll November 24, 2017

Dandong Friendship Bridge to close for further renovation: source

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Road traffic will once again be temporarily suspended on the Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge to allow for Chinese repairs, a source confirmed to NK News on Friday, citing poor conditions on the road surface of the structure.

But while reports in Japanese media outlet the Yomiuri Shimbun suggested on Friday that access to the bridge, which was completed in 1943, had already been temporarily suspended by Chinese authorities, the source told NK News that closure dates for forthcoming works were yet to be confirmed.

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Chad O'Carroll is the founder of NK News/NK Pro and related holding company Korea Risk Group. In addition to being the group's CEO, O'Carroll is a frequent writer and commentator about the Koreas, having written about the two nations since 2010. He has visited the DPRK multiple times, worked and lived in Washington, D.C. with a focus on peninsula issues, and lived in the ROK since 2016.

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