According to Chongqing Evening News, the Chongqing Chaotianmen Yangtze River Bridge officially opened to traffic at 5:20 PM on April 29. Mayor of Chongqing Municipality Wang Hongju led the ribbon cutting ceremony for the world's longest arch bridge.
Along with a number of local residents, Bo Xilai, secretary of the CPC Chongqing Municipal Committee, and Huang Qifan, vice Mayor of Chongqing, were there to witness this historic moment.
Previously it took at least one to two hours to go from the north river bank to the south river bank by ferry or bus. With the completion of the new bridge, however, the commute now takes only five minutes.
The bridge, located at the confluence of the Yangtze and the Jialing rivers, consists of three parts and spans a total of 1,741 m in length. The bridge cost a total of 3.2 billion yuan (US$ 468.5 million).
The bridge is an important passageway connecting the central urban business regions on both banks of the Yangtze River. In just a short time, the bridge has already become the most famous landmark of Chongqing Municipality.
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