Shanghai’s Bund Will Be Getting a Facelift

Under seemingly constant renovation, Shanghai’s roadway on the Bund, called Zhongshan Yi Lu, is going to get a facelift. Within the month, workers will begin to tear down the curved motorway that links the freeway to the Bund. Apparently a huge underground tunnel will be built to swing traffic from the freeway to underneath the Bund. It is unclear if Zhongshan Yi Lu will become a pedestrian green area (is it too much to hope for?) or what will become of the traffic-clogged motorway that mars the beauty of Shanghai’s historic architecture and the Huang Pu River.

In further news, the historic steel-truss Waibaidu Bridge, the oldest remaining bridge on Suzhou Creek is going to get dismantled and polished up. It wasn’t reported whether the bridge will be put back after maintenance but it’s assumed it will be.

Shanghai is changing by the moment. What you see today, might be gone tomorrow.

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