Paul Doumer Bridge, Hanoi

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The object depicted measures 1.7 kilometers long

Information about the creation of the object depicted in the image: 1903

Paul Doumer, the Governor-General of Indochina, commissioned the building of this bridge in 1903, providing an important link to Haiphong and the north. It was first hit by a United States air attackon August 11, 1967, and one bomb took out the central span of the bridge. The bridge has never been fully restored and remains a memorial to both the French colonial period and Vietnam's struggles and losses during the Vietnam War.

Source for information about the object depicted in the image: Logan, William S. Hanoi: Biography of a City. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2000.

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