China has opened its first double-deck cable-stayed suspension bridge — the Tongling Yangtze River Third Bridge — to traffic in Anhui Province’s Tongling City, marking a new milestone in transport infrastructure.

Spanning a total of 4.13 kilometres with a 1,700-metre main span, the bridge serves as the 11th crossing over the Yangtze River in Anhui. The upper deck features six lanes with a design speed of 80 kilometres per hour and two pedestrian walkways, while the lower deck includes six lanes for slower traffic, two cycleways and two sidewalks.

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The project integrates expressways, intercity railways and freight lines, supporting intermodal transport between rail and water. The bridge, currently open for road traffic across an 1

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