Changtai Yangtze River Bridge starts operation in E China
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An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 9, 2025 shows vehicles passing a toll gate of the Changtai Yangtze River Bridge, seen from the north bank of the Yangtze River, in east China’s Jiangsu Province. The Changtai (Changzhou-Taizhou) Yangtze River Bridge, an artery of communications that integrates highways, intercity railways, and local roads, started operation on Tuesday.
Spanning 10.03 kilometers, the bridge slashes travel time between Changzhou and Taizhou, both in Jiangsu Province, from 80 minutes to 20 minutes, boosting development for the Yangtze economic belt and integration of the Yangtze River delta region. (Photo by Gu Jihong/Xinhua)
An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 9, 2025 shows a view of the Changtai Yangtze River Bridge, seen from Taixing City of Taizhou, east China’s Jiangsu Province. The Changtai (Changzhou-Taizhou) Yangtze River Bridge, an artery of communications that integrates highways, intercity railways, and local roads, started operation on Tuesday.
Spanning 10.03 kilometers, the bridge slashes travel time between Changzhou and Taizhou, both in Jiangsu Province, from 80 minutes to 20 minutes, boosting development for the Yangtze economic belt and integration of the Yangtze River delta region. (Photo by Gu Jihong/Xinhua)
An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 9, 2025 shows a view of the Changtai Yangtze River Bridge, seen from Taixing City of Taizhou, east China’s Jiangsu Province. The Changtai (Changzhou-Taizhou) Yangtze River Bridge, an artery of communications that integrates highways, intercity railways, and local roads, started operation on Tuesday.
Spanning 10.03 kilometers, the bridge slashes travel time between Changzhou and Taizhou, both in Jiangsu Province, from 80 minutes to 20 minutes, boosting development for the Yangtze economic belt and integration of the Yangtze River delta region. (Photo by Tang Dehong/Xinhua)
(250909) — CHANGZHOU, Sept. 9, 2025 (Xinhua) — An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 9, 2025 shows vehicles running on the Changtai Yangtze River Bridge in east China’s Jiangsu Province. The Changtai (Changzhou-Taizhou) Yangtze River Bridge, an artery of communications that integrates highways, intercity railways, and local roads, started operation on Tuesday.
Spanning 10.03 kilometers, the bridge slashes travel time between Changzhou and Taizhou, both in Jiangsu Province, from 80 minutes to 20 minutes, boosting development for the Yangtze economic belt and integration of the Yangtze River delta region. (Photo by Chen Wei/Xinhua)
(250909) — CHANGZHOU, Sept. 9, 2025 (Xinhua) — An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 9, 2025 shows a view of the Changtai Yangtze River Bridge, seen from Changzhou, east China’s Jiangsu Province. The Changtai (Changzhou-Taizhou) Yangtze River Bridge, an artery of communications that integrates highways, intercity railways, and local roads, started operation on Tuesday.
Spanning 10.03 kilometers, the bridge slashes travel time between Changzhou and Taizhou, both in Jiangsu Province, from 80 minutes to 20 minutes, boosting development for the Yangtze economic belt and integration of the Yangtze River delta region. (Photo by Chen Wei/Xinhua)
An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 9, 2025 shows a view of the Changtai Yangtze River Bridge, seen from Taixing City of Taizhou, east China’s Jiangsu Province. The Changtai (Changzhou-Taizhou) Yangtze River Bridge, an artery of communications that integrates highways, intercity railways, and local roads, started operation on Tuesday.
Spanning 10.03 kilometers, the bridge slashes travel time between Changzhou and Taizhou, both in Jiangsu Province, from 80 minutes to 20 minutes, boosting development for the Yangtze economic belt and integration of the Yangtze River delta region. (Photo by Gu Jihong/Xinhua)
An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 9, 2025 shows a view of the Changtai Yangtze River Bridge, seen from Taixing City of Taizhou, east China’s Jiangsu Province. The Changtai (Changzhou-Taizhou) Yangtze River Bridge, an artery of communications that integrates highways, intercity railways, and local roads, started operation on Tuesday.
Spanning 10.03 kilometers, the bridge slashes travel time between Changzhou and Taizhou, both in Jiangsu Province, from 80 minutes to 20 minutes, boosting development for the Yangtze economic belt and integration of the Yangtze River delta region. (Photo by Tang Dehong/Xinhua)
An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 9, 2025 shows a view of the Changtai Yangtze River Bridge, seen from Taixing City of Taizhou, east China’s Jiangsu Province. The Changtai (Changzhou-Taizhou) Yangtze River Bridge, an artery of communications that integrates highways, intercity railways, and local roads, started operation on Tuesday.
Spanning 10.03 kilometers, the bridge slashes travel time between Changzhou and Taizhou, both in Jiangsu Province, from 80 minutes to 20 minutes, boosting development for the Yangtze economic belt and integration of the Yangtze River delta region.
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Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
