Salute to China Brand Day
Spanning the Yangtze River, crossing the Yellow River, connecting gulfs and linking valleys—Bridges build the future!
Recently, the large-scale documentary‘Miracle China: A Bridge Spanning the Chasm’, produced by the Social Education Program Center of China Media Group (CMG), has been broadcast on CCTV-12. The program focuses on super landmark projects such as the Zhangjinggao Yangtze River Bridge, in which CRHIC participated, three-dimensionally showcasing the construction elegance and scientific and technological innovation strength of major national projects, and continuously polishing the golden signboards of ‘Made in China' and ‘Intelligent Manufacturing in China'.
Deeply engaged in the field of bridge steel structures, CRHIC has crossed the Yangtze River, traversed the Yellow River, spanned bays, and connected both domestic and international markets, deeply participating in the construction of a number of world-class super projects. These projects cover benchmark projects such as the world’s largest cross-sea cluster project, the world's longest-span cable-stayed bridge, and the world's first double-deck cable-stayed-suspension cooperative system bridge, constantly setting new world records in bridge construction. Meanwhile, CRHIC has independently developed cutting-edge technologies such as the‘Five Lines and One System' for intelligent manufacturing and core welding of weathering bridge steel, continuously leading the transformation and upgrading of steel bridge manufacturing towards intelligence, informatization and greening, and injecting strong impetus into the high-quality development of the major national bridge cause.
Spanning the Yangtze River
▲Changtai Yangtze River Bridge
Opened to traffic on September 9, 2025, it is an integrated river-crossing passage combining expressway, intercity railway, and first-class highway. Its main channel bridge, with a main span of 1208 meters, has become the “world's longest-span road-rail cable-stayed bridge”, while the dedicated channel bridge, with a main span of 388 meters, has won the title of “world's longest-span road-rail steel arch bridge”. CRHIC manufactured the bridge's steel structures with a total weight of approximately 272,000 tons.
▲Tongling Yangtze River Third Bridge
Opened to traffic on November 6, 2025, it is the world's first double-deck cable-stayed-suspension cooperative system bridge, featuring three river-crossing functions: expressway, high-speed railway, and regular-speed railway. The main bridge has a span of 988 meters and the main tower stands at 247.5 meters high. Its tower crown adopts a unique horn-shaped design, echoing the landscape of Yangshanji on the south bank. CRHIC was responsible for the manufacturing and assembly of a total of 33,000 tons of steel structures for the bridge.
▲Ningyang Yangtze River Bridge
Opened to traffic on January 1, 2025, it is the first river-crossing bridge in Yizheng, Jiangsu Province. The bridge's main span is a 1560-meter steel box girder suspension bridge, ranking ninth in the world in terms of span. CRHIC manufactured the steel structures with a total weight of 71,000 tons.
▲Xinshengwei Yangtze River Bridge
Opened to traffic on November 26, 2025, it is an important link for the Nanjing Economic and Technological Development Zone. With a main span of 1760 meters, it crosses the river in a single span, making it currently the longest-span suspension bridge in China and the third-longest in the world. The upper crossbeam of the main tower adopts a steel structure design wrapped in an‘N' shape, inspired by the first letter of the pinyin for‘Ning', the abbreviation for Nanjing, endowing the bridge with a unique artistic beauty.
▲The Bianyuzhou Yangtze River Bridge on the Anqing-Jiujiang Railway
Opened to traffic on December 30, 2021. It is China’s first cable-stayed bridge with crossed stay cables, and currently the railway box girder cable-stayed bridge in China featuring the most track lines and the largest load capacity. CRHIC undertook the fabrication of 36,000 tons of steel structures and the modification of three sets of DWQ-type 650-ton mast cranes. This project won the First Prize of National Excellent Welding Project in 2022 and the China Construction Luban Prize (National High-quality Project) in 2023.
▲Yibin Lingang Yangtze River Bridge
Opened to traffic on December 26, 2023. It is China's first Yangtze River bridge with road and railway on the same deck, as well as the world's road-rail combined steel box girder cable-stayed bridge with the maximum width and main span. Adopting the incremental launching construction method for steel-concrete composite continuous girders, the superstructure weighs approximately 4,500 tons with a maximum launching distance of 160 meters.
Crossing the Yellow River
▲Zhengzhou Wantan Yellow River Road-Rail Bridge
Completed and opened to traffic on June 22, 2022, the bridge is a key control project of the Jinan-Zhengzhou High-Speed Railway. It integrates high-speed railway, intercity railway and expressway into one single structure. With a total length of 4,377 meters and a main span of 2,016 meters, it is China's longest, largest-span and highest-design-speed ballastless track steel-concrete composite continuous steel truss bridge.
▲Jiyang Yellow River Road-Rail Extra Large Bridge
The bridge was successfully closed on September 20, 2024. As a key control project of the Jinan-Binzhou High-Speed Railway, its main bridge stretches 1,178 meters in total length. Adopting the technology of an asymmetric low-pylon steel truss cable-stayed bridge with four pylons and three spans, it is the world's largest-span combined road-rail low-pylon cable-stayed bridge featuring rigid pylon-girder connection and separated pylon-pier structure.CRHIC fabricated a total of 50,200 tons of steel structures for the project.
▲The Yellow River Extra Large Bridge of Anyang-Luoshan Expressway
Completed and opened to traffic on December 30, 2025. As a key control project of the Anyang-Luoshan Expressway, it is currently the longest highway bridge over the Yellow River and the inland highway bridge with the largest steel structure consumption. With a total length of 15.223 kilometers and a steel structure volume of approximately 220,000 tons, it adopts the steel shell-concrete composite pylon structure without longitudinal reinforcements for the first time in China.
▲The Linyi Yellow River Bridge on Heze-Baoji Expressway
Officially opened to traffic on December 16, 2024. It set four world records: the longest continuous incremental launching distance, the maximum single launching distance, the largest number of synchronously controlled jacks during launching construction, and the highest consumption of weathering steel for a single bridge. CRHIC undertook the manufacturing of steel structures with a total weight of approximately 30,300 tons.
Connecting the gulfs
▲Shenzhen-Zhongshan Link
This project officially opened to traffic on June 30, 2024. The Shenzhen-Zhongshan Link is the world's largest cross-sea complex project integrating bridges, artificial islands, tunnels and underwater interchanges. CRHIC fabricated approximately 183,000 tons of steel structures for the bridge. It was listed among the Top 10 Mega Projects of Central State-Owned Enterprises in 2024 and won the FIDIC Project Excellence Award in 2025.
▲Main Access Route of Ningbo Zhoushan Port
The project was officially opened to traffic on December 29, 2021. Serving as the main access route of Ningbo Zhoushan Port, it connects Zhoushan Main Island with Daishan Island, the second largest island of Zhoushan. It is the world's longest inter-island expressway and the largest cross-sea bridge cluster globally, consisting of Fuchimen Bridge, Zhoudai Bridge and Yushan Bridge. The project has put an end to Daishan Island's isolation by sea and built a thoroughfare leading the local people toward common prosperity.
▲Huangmaohai Sea-crossing Passage
The project was completed and opened to traffic on December 11, 2024. It is a major river-crossing passage in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. The total length of the bridge is approximately 31 kilometers, with its sea-crossing section stretching about 14 kilometers. Composed of two main bridges, Gaolan Port Bridge and Huangmaohai Bridge, it adopts a large-section split steel box girder structure with a total steel box girder length of 2,200 meters. As a key control project of the Huangmaohai Sea-crossing Passage, Huangmaohai Bridge is the world's largest three-pylon road cable-stayed bridge.
▲Fourth Macao-Taipa Bridge
The bridge was completed and opened to traffic on October 1, 2024. It is the fourth sea-crossing bridge connecting Macao and Taipa, linking Macao's major sea, land and air ports, and serving as a key node of the city's transportation network. The main line of the bridge totals 3,085 meters in length, with the main bridge spanning 1,370 meters. It adopts a long-span inclined continuous composite girder structure combining steel trusses and steel boxes. CRHIC manufactured approximately 60,000 tons of steel structures for the project.
Linking valleys
▲Huajiang Gorge Bridge
Completed and opened to traffic on September 28, 2025, it is a vital hub of the Liuzhi-Anlong Expressway in Guizhou Province. Its main span and deck height both rank first worldwide among mountain bridges, earning it the reputation of "double world records in span and height". As a demonstration project for integrated bridge tourism in Guizhou, it integrates bridge sightseeing, sports experience and tourism services.
▲Zangke River Extra Large Bridge
Completed and opened to traffic in February 2025, it is the only suspension bridge among the key control projects of the national major Nayong-Qinglong Expressway. The bridge has a total length of 1,849 meters and a main span of 1,080 meters, with a maximum vertical distance of 380 meters from the bridge deck to the river surface.
▲Guizhou Longli River Bridge
It opened to traffic on April 27, 2024. As the world's highest mountain canyon landscape cable-stayed bridge, it has a total length of 1,260 meters and a main span of 528 meters. CRHIC was mainly responsible for the fabrication and installation of approximately 13,400 tons of steel girders for the entire bridge.
Beautify towns and cities
▲Oujiang North Estuary Bridge
It was completed and opened to traffic on May 27, 2022. As the world's first three-pylon four-span double-deck steel truss suspension bridge, it stretches 7.9 kilometers in total, with the main bridge crossing the Oujiang River measuring 2,090 meters. The total weight of steel trusses is about 77,000 tons. It ranks among the highway bridges with the highest traffic capacity in China. In 2024, it won the NCE International Bridge Award presented by the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) of the United Kingdom.
▲Hongqili Extra Large Bridge of Guangzhou Nansha Port Railway
Completed and opened to traffic on December 31, 2022, the bridge adopts an innovative structure of steel truss flexible arches with a main span of 2×360 meters, ranking as the world's largest-span bridge of its type. CRHIC undertook the fabrication of about 12,900 tons of steel girders and the erection of the entire bridge. It won the Theodore Cooper Medal in 2025.
▲Huizhou Echeng Bridge
It officially opened to traffic on December 28, 2024. It is the largest spatial diagonally-crossed skew tied-arch bridge in China with a main span of 180 meters. CRHIC was mainly responsible for the fabrication and installation of approximately 20,300 tons of steel structures for the main bridge, main arches and goose-shaped pylons.
▲Guangzhou Haixin Bridge
Completed and opened to pedestrians on June 25, 2021, it is the world's curved beam inclined arch footbridge with the longest span and widest deck. The bridge has a total length of 488 meters and a main arch span of 198 meters. Adopting the design concept of "Melodious Zither, Dancing Silk and Lingnan Flower Boat", it incorporates Lingnan cultural elements such as water sleeves of Cantonese opera. It was shortlisted for the IABSE Outstanding Footbridge Award in 2022 and claimed the sole Gold Prize of the World Footbridge Awards in 2023. It has become an urban business card showcasing China's manufacturing strength and distinctive Lingnan culture.
▲Wuhan Right Bank Avenue Movable Bridge
The bridge was completed and opened to traffic on October 31, 2025. Spanning the Wuhan Iron and Steel Canal, it is the first movable bridge in Central China. The movable section has a total length of 104 meters, a maximum deck width of 46.2 meters, a maximum lifting height of 27 meters and a total lifting weight of 2,650 tons. These four indicators rank first among all similar movable bridges in Asia.
▲Cable-Stayed Bridge over Xietang Waterway of Shanghai-Suzhou-Huzhou Railway
Completed and opened to traffic on December 26, 2024, it is a key and challenging project along the entire Shanghai-Suzhou-Huzhou High-speed Railway. The bridge is 460 meters long with a main span of 260 meters. It is the first four-track bridge in China accommodating both high-speed and conventional railways. Featuring a long span, complex structural system and high construction difficulty, it adopts an innovative double-box steel-concrete composite girder structure for the first time.
▲Guangxi Qingzhou Liujiang Extra Large Bridge of Lufeng Expressway
The bridge has a total length of 1,675 meters. Its main bridge is designed as a double-pylon double-cable-plane composite girder cable-stayed bridge. The inverted Y-shaped main pylons stand 162.8 meters tall, with a main span of 506 meters. It is the largest-span cable-stayed bridge without auxiliary piers in Guangxi and the second largest of its kind nationwide.
Go global
▲Padma Bridge, Bangladesh
Completed and opened to traffic on June 25, 2022, the bridge spans the Padma River with a total length of 6.15 kilometers. It is the first fully welded steel truss bridge with extra-thick plates for both highway and railway purposes constructed in accordance with European standards. CRHIC undertook the fabrication of 125,800 tons of steel structures, around 140,000 tons of test piles and steel pipe piles for the main bridge, as well as 18,000 tons of cable piles. CRHIC also completed the retrofitting of the 3,600-ton floating crane Tianyi No.1. The bridge won the IABSE International Award for Social Development in 2024.
▲Peljesac Bridge, Croatia
Completed and opened to traffic on July 26, 2022, the bridge stretches across the Mali Ston Bay of the Adriatic Sea in southern Croatia, with a total length of 2,440 meters. It is a six-pylon central single-cable-plane low-pylon cable-stayed bridge with steel box girders. CRHIC fabricated 18,000 tons of steel structures for the project in compliance with EXC4, the strictest execution class specified in European Standard EN1090-2. The bridge was awarded the Gustav Lindenthal Medal and FIDIC Outstanding Project Award.
▲Pattullo Bridge, Canada
Located in British Columbia, Canada, the bridge spans the Fraser River. It is a single-pylon cable-stayed bridge with a main span of 530 meters, designed and constructed in compliance with both Canadian and American standards. The fabrication of its steel structures was successfully completed in June 2024.
▲Yuanjiang Double-Track Extra Large Bridge of China-Laos Railway
Completed and opened to traffic on December 3, 2021, it is the world's longest-span deck-type continuous steel truss railway bridge. The No.3 main pier stands 154 meters high, ranking first globally among similar bridges and earning it the title of "World's Highest Pier Railway Bridge". CRHIC was mainly responsible for the fabrication and installation of the entire bridge's steel trusses and the steel structures of ultra-high temporary piers, with a total weight of approximately 21,000 tons.
▲China-Russia Heilongjiang River Bridge
It officially opened to traffic on June 10, 2022. As the first cross-border highway bridge between China and Russia, it has a total length of 1,283 meters and a width of 14.5 meters. It is also the first steel-structured low-pylon cable-stayed bridge in China's high-latitude cold regions. The bridge is built with Q420qFNH weathering steel which meets the impact toughness requirement at -60℃. It stands as a masterpiece of CRHIC in ultra-low temperature welding for bridges in frigid regions.
Bridge Intelligent Manufacturing
"Five production lines plus one management system"
Leveraging national key projects such as the Shenzhen-Zhongshan Link and the Changtai Yangtze River Bridge, CRHIC has actively embraced the concept of intelligent manufacturing for steel box girders and explored the application of new technologies. We have built China's first intelligent production line for large steel structures. By integrating intelligent equipment and information systems, we have established a "five production lines plus one management system" framework, consisting of intelligent cutting and blanking lines for steel plates, intelligent welding lines for plate units, intelligent manufacturing lines for steel truss members, intelligent assembly lines for bridge segments, intelligent coating lines for steel box girders, and an intelligent workshop manufacturing execution and management system. This framework enables industrialized and information-based production of steel box girders.