1889年6月14日至6月16日,当时上海苏州河口尚未出现钢架大桥,只有一条“惠尔斯”木桥。在这三天,从上午8时起到下午8时止,对过桥的人、车流量作了统计: 马车1633辆 轿子27乘 黄包车20958辆 马38匹 货车22辆 步行西人1645人 小车2759辆 步行华人33666人 以上统计,为的是造钢桥载荷设计参考而取样。 June 14, 1889 to June 16, when the Shanghai Suzhou estuary has not yet appeared steel bridge, only a “Wells” wooden bridge. In the past three days, starting from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm, traffic statistics for the people crossing the bridge were as follows: carriage 1633 sedan chair 27 rickshaw carriage 20958 carriage 38 truck 22 walking walk 1645 carriage 2759 33,686 Chinese people walking more than the statistics, in order to make steel bridge load reference design and sampling.