On December 18, 2020, the bidding for the Longtan River Crossing Project was completed. The project route started from Qingshan Town in Yizheng, connected to the north line of the River Channel, and crossed the Yangtze River by a bridge on the east side of the Chuhe River Estuary into Nanjing City. Within Longtan New City, it passes southward from the 500KV Bianlong and Bianwang high-voltage lines and the Nanjing Comprehensive Bonded Zone, and ends at the intersection of Provincial Highway 338.

The superstructure of the suspension bridge of the Longtan River Crossing Bridge was built by China Communications Second Highway Engineering Co., Ltd. with an investment of 1.262 billion yuan. The construction of the north approach bridge, bridges and culverts, off-line engineering, traffic engineering reserved embedded facilities, etc.; the construction of the Yangtze River dyke protection project was built by China Railway Bridge Bureau Group Co., Ltd. investment 5.472 billion yuan. Construction of bridges and culverts, roadbeds, foundation treatment, side slope protection and drainage in the south bank of the Longtan River Crossing Passage; construction of earthwork in housing construction area and green terrain improvement in intercommunication area; construction of off-line engineering; reserved embedded facilities for traffic engineering, etc. The construction of the Yangtze River levee protection project. Built by Longtan Crossing the River Channel, with an investment of 1.173 billion yuan

The countermeasures for the construction of the Longtan River Crossing Corridor should follow the development strategy of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, promote the integrated development of the Yangtze River urban agglomeration, Nanjing, Zhenjiang, and Yangzi River, increase Nanjing’s primacy, accelerate the construction of a comprehensive three-dimensional transportation corridor, optimize the layout of the river crossing, and improve the highway network. Very important meaning.Editor/Xing Wentao