Known as "a prime example of the Taiwan railroad bridge," it combined brick arch design with widely spaced steel beams. The bridge was badly damaged in an earthquake in 1935, and a new bypass was built, so that the remains of the fractured span, now known as the Lungteng broken bridge, still stand unrepaired.
這作融合磚拱造型與大跨距鋼樑的名橋，曾是台灣最高的一座鐵路橋，卻在一九三五年的中州大地震被震得半毀，留下今天著名的龍騰斷橋遺跡。