Closed Area Crossing-Chicks Bridge

Wed, 04/24/2019 - 19:02

A sign next to the vehicle declares this to be CHICKS BRIDGE. Presumably the Bailey Bridge's erector

Date picture taken
15 Jun 1949
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I think this is the bridge at the Man Kam To control point.

An article on page 1 of the The Sydney Morning Herald, 15 Oct 1949, shows that Chicks Bridge was on the border:

HONG KONG, Oct 14 - Within the next few days the flag of Nationalist China will be hauled down at the northern end of Chicks Bridge and the five-starred red flag of Communist China will take its place.

The Bailey bridge at Man Kam To constructed in 1945 remained in use till 1976. The book 'Feeling the Stones: Reminiscences by David Akers-Jones' mentions the removal of the old rusty bridge here from Page 99. Had the thought that Chicks Bridge was so named due to the transport of livestock (particularly chickens) across the border.