On August 25, 1965, the first bridge spanning the Lhasa River, the Lhasa Bridge, was officially completed and opened to traffic, ending the history of local people crossing the river on ox rafts. Nowadays, in the urban area of Lhasa alone, there are numerous bridges spanning the Lhasa River, such as the Liudong Bridge, the Qinghai Tibet Railway Lhasa River Extra Large Bridge, the Hemei Bridge, the Liuwu Bridge, the Lianxin Bridge, the Yingqin Bridge, the Lhasa Bridge, the Zangre Bridge, and the Najin Bridge. The bridges on the Lhasa River facilitate people's life, beautify the city's scenery, and are also the silhouette of Xizang's economic and social development, and the construction of transportation infrastructure. (New Society)