Number of bridges built by China exceeded 800,000

Almaty. November 7. Silkroadnews - The number of bridges built by China has exceeded 800,000, the Chinese news portal People’s Daily reported.
“China has built 805,300 highway bridges and 10,000 kilometers of high-speed rail bridges, said Zhou Wei, chief engineer from the Ministry of Transport, at an international bridge expo held in Wuhan, central China’s Hubei Province,” the report said.
He said seven of the longest cable-stayed bridges, six of the longest suspension bridges, six of the longest arch bridges, and five of the longest beam bridges are in China.
According to Yan Hexiang, director of the technology and law division of the National Railway Administration, the construction of railway bridges in the country has also made significant progress over recent years. China has built 22,000 kilometers of high-speed railways, and bridges accounted for more than half of this mileage.
In addition, China has built 135 bridges across the main course of the Yangtze River, 32 of which are currently under construction, the agency quoted saying by Liu Ziming, president of China Railway Major Bridge Engineering Group.