＜Breaking News/ Super-telephoto＞The N.Korea-Russia Vehicle Bridge Construction Progressing Steadily (6 photos and maps)

2025.09.30

Panoramic view of the landfill site that will serve as a work base.

◆Is the Goal to Secure a New Strategic Corridor?

On June 19, 2024, North Korea and Russia signed an "Agreement on the Construction of a Tumen River Border Automobile Bridge" in conjunction with concluding the "Treaty on Comprehensive Strategic Partnership." On April 30, 2025, North Korean and Russian state media reported that a groundbreaking ceremony for the vehicle bridge was held on both banks.

The Russian side had been landfilled from the waterfront to several dozen meters inland. One bulldozer and workers can be seen.

According to this, the construction period is one and a half years, and the bridge will be two lanes with a width of approximately 7 meters. The length of the bridge spanning the Tumen River will reach about one kilometer.

North Korea-Russia border map. By ASIAPRESS.

With the invasion of Ukraine as a catalyst, the close relationship between North Korea and Russia has developed into what is essentially a new military alliance. Both countries will likely use the automobile bridge under construction as a strategic artery to supplement the aging existing railway bridge. (ISHIMARU Jiro)

※All photos were taken from the Chinese side of the border in mid-September. (ASIAPRESS)

Satellite photo of North Korea-Russia border. A vehicle bridge is being constructed at the red line location, approximately 500 meters downstream from the railway bridge spanning the Tumen River. Google Earth.

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