Irrigation aqueduct bridge completedGAME CHANGER Replacing a tunnel under the Beigang River from the colonial era, the aqueduct bridge will link two irrigation networks, reducing the risk of water shortagesBy Esme Yeh / Staff reporterThe nation’s first cable-stayed aqueduct bridge has been constructed over the Beigang River (北港溪). The bridge is the Ministry of Agriculture’s largest construction project in the past five decades, Irrigation Agency Deputy Director Chen Yen-yuan (陳衍源) said yesterday. The agency decided to replace the inverted siphon with an aqueduct bridge, Chen said. The bridge spans 465m across the Beigang River, making it the longest aqueduct bridge in Taiwan, the agency said. The bridge has bike path connecting to the 105km-long Canal Greenway (水圳綠道), the longest bike trail in Taiwan, allowing people to enjoy the scenery of the plain from the aqueduct bridge, it said.
