解放桥, Concrete arch bridge in Guilin, China

Jiefang Bridge is a concrete double-curved arch bridge carrying six lanes across the Li River in Guilin, linking Jiefang East Road with Ziyou Road. Rebuilt in 1999 and opened on 28 September 2001, it has a 284-metre main span, a 45-metre width and five spans: three central arches and two curved side beams. Patterns are carved on its underside.

A floating bridge stood at this crossing from the Tang dynasty onward, later called Dongjiang, Yongji and finally Fubao. In 1939 the four-pier steel truss Zhongzheng Bridge opened, 181 m long with five 36 m spans; its spans were blown up in 1944 and 1945. A pontoon bridge followed in 1946, and in 1951 a steel-timber truss bridge was built and renamed Jiefang Bridge. It was widened in 1972 and completely rebuilt in 1999–2001.

The bridge was renamed Liberation Bridge in February 1951, when a steel-and-timber truss replaced the earlier Zhongzheng Bridge. Its eastern end faces Qixing Park, and in the evening residents walk here while visitors photograph the illuminated span. In high-water season people swim in the Li River below.

The bridge carries Jiefang East Road over the Li River, with its east end at Qixing Park and its west end at Ziyou Road. Bus lines 2, 9, 10, 11, 14, 18, 21, 24, 25, 30 and 97 cross it. In the wet season residents swim in the river below; in dry spells the water level can fall very low.

The bridge's underside is carved with various patterns, a detail easily missed by pedestrians crossing above. At night the lighting on the deck and both sides is switched on, and residents walk here while visitors photograph the bridge from either end.