The State Development and Reform Commission has recently approved the feasibility report on Jiujiang No.2 Yangtze Bridge. Construction of the road bridge is scheduled to start in July. Located 10.8km upstream of the city’s No.1 Yangtze Bridge, the second bridge forms part of the Fuzhou-Yinchuan Expressway, connecting the capitals of Fujian province and Ningxia autonomous region. Allowing a top speed of 100kph, the six-lane bridge will also link with the Nanchang-Jiujiang Expressway, further improving the road network between the interior and the coast.

The bridge will be funded jointly by Jiangxi and Hubei provincial governments. The 11.26km southern approach road and the bridge itself, 5.53km long, will cost Jiangxi nearly Rmb4bn. Construction is expected to take three years to complete and the bridge will open for traffic by 2012.