The Long Bien Bridge (known as Doumer Bridge before 1954, after the name of Paul Doumer, the Governor-General of French Indonesia) was built in 1903 by the French architect Gustave Eiffel. It was then one of Asia's longest bridges (2,500m). When finally restored from the damage caused by U.S. bombardment in 1967 and 1972, only half of the bridge retained its original shape.
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