Song Be broken bridge in Binh Duong province - the unique bridge in Vietnam (Vietnam Cycling)

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In Binh Duong, there is a special historical site where war memories are kept, as well as a unique sightseeing destination, which is Song Be broken bridge.
From Saigon to Binh Duong, in the direction of National Highway 14 to the Central Highlands, go on DT741 road for more than 35km, towards Binh Phuoc, the section through Phu Giao district, when coming to the bridge parallel to Phuoc Hoa bridge, you will see the right hand side. , is the image of the Be River Bridge (old) standing out in the middle of the forest with the middle part collapsed.
Song Be Bridge crosses the Dong Nai River, connecting 2 communes Phuoc Hoa and Vinh Hoa in Phu Giao district, Binh Duong province.
The Be River originates in the west of the South Central Highlands in Dak Nong province where the altitude is from 600 to 800 m, the river flows winding, meandering, always changing direction, forming many arcs. The river, after flowing through Bu Dop and Bu Gia Map districts of Binh Phuoc province, flows to Phu Giao and Binh Duong districts and then flows into the Dong Nai river. Dong Nai River flows through Bien Hoa city and to Nha Be, it has another tributary, the Saigon River. So the folk song has a saying:
The flowing water of Nha Be is divided into two
Who goes back to Gia Dinh and Dong Nai...
During the anti-French period in the 30s, the movement of rubber workers here was very strong, the French colonialists brutally suppressed it, many protests were cornered in a sea of ​​blood. Song Be Bridge sometimes becomes a scaffolding section, the spans are concreted to be shot. On September 23, 1945, the people of the South began a nine-year resistance war against the French colonialists, this land with the Song Be bridge became a buffer zone between the D war zone and the rest of the Southeast region that the enemy had invaded. France has just taken over. Song Be Bridge becomes the gateway to war zone D.
During the years before 1975, the Be River Bridge served as the main military route from Phuoc Long province (former), Dong Xoai town (now Binh Phuoc province) to Saigon. Here, fierce battles often occurred between the North Vietnamese army and the Saigon army. In 1975, in order to block the advance of the liberation forces, the Saigon army destroyed the middle span of Song Be bridge. Since then, the area of ​​Song Be bridge has one more "specialty" which is the bridge... broken span.