Nanjing Eye Footbridge & Hexi Riverside 南京眼Nánjīng Yǎn

About Nanjing Eye Footbridge & Hexi Riverside

A riverside park area of about 61 hectares on both banks of the Jiajiang, the arm of the Yangtze between Nanjing's Hexi new town and Jiangxinzhou island, taking its name from the Nanjing Eye, a cable-stayed footbridge across the channel. The bridge was completed in 2014 for the Nanjing Youth Olympic Games, described at the time as the first bridge over the Yangtze for pedestrians only, and links the riverside of the Youth Olympic quarter with the Youth Olympic Forest Park on the island. The area is themed on the river landscape and the 2014 Games, and is a place to stroll the riverfront and cross the Yangtze channel on foot.

How to get to Nanjing Eye Footbridge & Hexi Riverside

At the riverside end of the Hexi new town in Jianye District, about 9 km south-west of Xinjiekou, a taxi ride.

Nearby

• City Wall of Nanjing 南京城墙 under 10 km
  The Ming capital's brick ramparts, anchored by the vast fortress of Zhonghua Gate
• Fuzimiao and the Qinhuai River 夫子庙—秦淮风光带 under 10 km
  Nanjing's lantern-lit Confucius Temple quarter, beside painted boats on the Qinhuai
• Purple Mountain & Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum 南京钟山风景区 20 km
  A forested mountain on Nanjing's edge, crowned by a blue-roofed hilltop tomb

Also within 20 km: Tomb of the King of Boni 浡泥国王墓 (under 10 km), Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders 侵华日军南京大屠杀遇难同胞纪念馆 (under 10 km), Mochou Lake Park 莫愁湖公园 (under 10 km), Yuhuatai (Rain Flower Terrace) 雨花台 (under 10 km), Nanjing Science and Technology Museum 南京科技馆 (under 10 km), Great Bao'en Temple Heritage Park 大报恩寺遗址公园 (under 10 km).

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Learn more

• Wikipedia (Chinese)