China has added another engineering milestone to its expanding transport network with the opening of the Changtai Yangtze River Bridge, a record-breaking structure that links the cities of Changzhou and Taizhou in Jiangsu Province. According to the South China Morning Post (SCMP) , the bridge officially opened to traffic in 2025, featuring the world’s longest cable-stayed bridge span at 1,208 metres. Notably, stretching 10.03 km across the Yangtze River, it is also the first crossing of the river to combine an expressway, that is, a conventional highway and an intercity railway, on the same structure. Additionally, according to the Chinese officials, the project reduces travel time between the two cities from more than an hour to around 20 minutes, thus strengthening transport links across one of China’s biggest economic corridors.
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