Work has begun on the Chongming-Qidong Expressway, an important part of a regional project that will nearly halve travel time between Shanghai and Jiangsu province.
When finished in 2012, the expressway will link Chongming Island in Shanghai municipality with Qidong, a coastal city in Jiangsu. It is the final phase of the Shanghai-Chongming-Jiangsu connection that will link downtown Shanghai, Chongming Island and Jiangsu province with a series of bridges, tunnels and highways.