A single bridge flies across north and south, the natural chasm becomes an open road.
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history
From Mao Zedong's 《水调歌头·游泳》 (1956), written after he swam in the Yangtze at Wuhan: 一桥飞架南北，天堑变通途. The 'bridge' is the newly built Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge (1957), the first to span the Yangtze. The line became shorthand for modern infrastructure conquering geography.
usage
Nearly always paired with 天堑变通途 (the natural chasm becomes a thoroughfare). Quoted at the opening of any major bridge or tunnel project in China.
