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China, North Korea to finally open long-unused border bridge Thursday: Xinhua

Source says New Yalu River Bridge, completed in 2014, will be used for cargo only

China and North Korea will finally open the New Yalu River Bridge on Thursday, according to Chinese state media, more than a decade after it was built.

“A new bridge will officially open to traffic on Thursday across China’s border river with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK),” the state-run Xinhua News Agency reported on Wednesday.

The infamous “bridge to nowhere” connects the cities of Dandong and Sinuiju but has remained unopened ever since it was built in 2014.

A flurry of construction and vehicle activity on eitherside of the bridge since Xi Jinping’s summit with Kim Jong

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