Qualla: Penghu Great Bridge https://qualla.com/penghu-great-bridge en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:37 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Penghu Great Bridge https://qualla.com/penghu-great-bridge Penghu Great Bridge: Introduction https://qualla.com/penghu-great-bridge/ The locals call the water it crosses the Roaring Gate Channel — and the name is earned. Currents through the strait between Siyu Island and Baisha Main Island run at up to three meters per second, driven harder each autumn and winter by northeast winds that funnel across hundreds of miles of open ocean before hitting the Penghu archipelago. Engineers who surveyed the route in the early 1960s found reefs below the surface and weather above it that could reduce visibility to near zero. They built the bridge anyway.

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]]> Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/s/j/n/penghu-great-bridge-wp/wsjn-penghu-great-bridge-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Penghu Great Bridge: The Problem the Bridge Solved https://qualla.com/penghu-great-bridge/ Penghu is not one island — it is an archipelago of roughly 90 landmasses scattered across a section of the Taiwan Strait where the sea is shallow, the winds are persistent, and the currents do not cooperate with ferry schedules. Siyu Island, in the southwestern reaches of the gro...

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]]> Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/s/j/n/penghu-great-bridge-wp/wsjn-penghu-great-bridge-the-problem-the-bridge-solved.mp3 0:06 2 full Penghu Great Bridge: Construction Across the Roaring Gate https://qualla.com/penghu-great-bridge/ Work began in 1965. The engineers dealt with the underwater reef system by designing around it rather than through it. The construction stretched across five years, concluding on 25 December 1970, when the completed bridge opened to traffic. The original structure was 2,478 mete...

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]]> Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/s/j/n/penghu-great-bridge-wp/wsjn-penghu-great-bridge-construction-across-the-roaring-gate.mp3 0:06 3 full Penghu Great Bridge: The View from the Bridge https://qualla.com/penghu-great-bridge/ There are few places in Taiwan where you are more exposed to the island's relationship with the sea than in the middle of the Penghu Great Bridge. The deck runs at low elevation over open water, with Siyu Island visible in one direction and Baisha in the other, and nothing betwee...

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]]> Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/s/j/n/penghu-great-bridge-wp/wsjn-penghu-great-bridge-the-view-from-the-bridge.mp3 0:06 4 full Penghu Great Bridge: Landmark at the Western Edge https://qualla.com/penghu-great-bridge/ The Penghu Great Bridge carries another distinction: it is one of the more visually arresting spans in Taiwan, precisely because of what surrounds it. There are no mountains to frame it, no river valley to cross. It sits in open water, connecting two low-lying islands in an archi...

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