CHONGQING (CQNEWS) -- On May 28, the first main tower of Shituo Yangtze River Bridge along the Chongqing-Wanzhou High-speed Railway was successfully capped, marking a breakthrough in the bridge construction and laying a solid foundation for the subsequent erection of main beams and construction of stay cables.

Shituo Yangtze River Bridge in Fuling District is a control engineering of the entire Chongqing-Wanzhou High-speed Railway. The main bridge is 1,056m long with a main span of 608m. The north bank No. 5 main tower is 234.9m high, and the south bank No. 6 main tower is 253m high.

Chongqing-Wanzhou High-speed Railway is part of Baotou (Yinchuan) Haikou Passage and Beijing-Kunming Passage in China’s “Eight Vertical and Eight Horizontal” high-speed railway network. The line starts from Chongqingdong Railway Station and connects Banan, Fuling, Fengdu, Zhongxian, Wanzhou, etc. along the Yangtze River. Due to the unique geographical environment, bridges and tunnels account for as much as 86.76% of the entire line. (Photographed by Luo Bin and Yang Yongqin / Visual Chongqing)

(Translated by Wang Zhong, Fathom Language Limited)