The Chongqing Municipality counts over 50 bridges, twenty or so in the urban centre. Aside from two exceptions, Baishatuo Railway Bridge and Shibanpo Bridge, all of these bridges were built and opened during the last 20 years.
Photo by mojojo (2014). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic License.
One of the most recent projects in Chongqing is the creation of the “Liangjiang bridge”: two bridges and a tunnel which span the Liangjiang New Area, from the south bank of the Yangtze, crossing the Yuzhong district, to the north bank of the Jialing River. The twin bridges were designed by T. Y. Lin International. The Dongshuimen Yangtze River Bridge (above) has been complete since 31 March 2014. The Qianximen Jialing River Bridge (below) has yet to be finished, but should be opened in June 2014.
Photo by Lauri Väin (2013). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic License.
Perhaps the most amazing part of this transition from past to modern infrastructure is, as usual for China, its speed.
