Big bridge opens
9/5/2005 13:48
Runyang Bridge across the Yangtze River, linking the ancient cities of
Yangzhou and Zhenjiang, both in eastern China's Jiangsu Province, opened to
traffic on Saturday. Wu Bangguo, Chairman of the Standing Committee of China's
National People's Congress attended the opening of the suspended bridge, the
largest of its kind in China. The bridge cost 5.8 billion yuan with its main
span of 1,490 meters.
Xinhua
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