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Sunset magic over Hutong bridge

By Hu Xiaoyu chinadaily.com.cn Updated: 2019-08-13

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A photo taken by a drone on Aug 11 shows the Shanghai-Nantong Yangtze River Bridge as the sun goes down. The bridge spans 11 kilometers and carries four railway lines and six expressway lanes. The main section of the bridge is 1,092 meters long –– a world record for a cable-stayed railway-expressway bridge. [Photo by Xu Congjun/ntfabu.com]

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The bridge is pictured under construction on Aug 11. Construction of the bridge started on March 1, 2014 and is expected to be completed by the end of this year. It links Zhangjiagang and Nantong and will help reduce travel times between the two cities to around one hour. [Photo by Xu Congjun/ntfabu.com]