The Zaisan Bridge (Mongolian: Зайсангийн гүүр) is a bridge in Khan Uul, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
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The Mongolian University of Life Sciences is a national university of Mongolia, with the main branch situated in the capital of Ulaanbaatar. It lies in the southern part of the city in the Khoroo 11 district on the southern side of the Tuul River, just to the northwest of the Zaisan Memorial and the American School of Ulan Bator.
It was formerly the veterinary faculty of the Mongolian State University and Higher School of Agriculture from 1958 but underwent structural reform in 1990 and 1993, with seven schools, four research institutes and three university branches in Orkhon Province, Dornod Province and Khovd Province since 2001. 7060 undergraduates and 1045 graduates were reported in 2008.
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The Khan-Uul Stadium is a 500-seat association football stadium in Khan Uul District, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Located near the AIC Steppe Arena, the area also includes a winter sports complex. The stadium meets all FIFA standards to host A-level matches and competitions.
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Orkhon University is nonprofit private university in Khan Uul, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Founder Khajidsuren Nyamaa established the university in 1992 as Orkhon Institute of Foreign Languages and Secretarial Training. A branch of the school was founded in Zavkhan Province in 1998. The postgraduate program was opened in 2002. The language of instruction is Mongolian, but there is a strategic plan to shift to bilingual education, Mongolian and English, in the near future.
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The Zaisan Memorial is a memorial in Khan-Uul, Ulaanbaatar, the capital city of Mongolia, that honors allied Mongolian and Soviet soldiers killed in World War II.
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The Winter Palace of the Bogd Khan, or the Bogd Khan Palace Museum, is a museum complex located in Khan Uul District, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. It was part of a larger complex called the "Green Palace", an imperial residence of the eighth Jebtsundamba Khutughtu, who was later proclaimed Bogd Khan, or ruler of Mongolia. Alongside being the oldest museum, it is also considered to hold the biggest collection in Mongolia. The palace is the only one left of four original residences of the Bogd Khan.
History
The bridge was originally constructed in 1968 for single lane one-way traffic. The construction process was interrupted by a flood. A new bridge, west of the earlier one, was designed in 2012 and completed in September 2023. It carries one-way traffic on two lanes. On 1 November 2024, the original bridge was closed and began to be dismantled.
Technical specifications
The bridge has a length of 225 metres. The new bridge is a steel cable-stayed reinforced concrete structure with three sets of 36 cables.
See also
Transport in Mongolia