Railway bridge to Russia ready by end of 2016

The Chinese section of a cross-river railway bridge linking the country with Russia will be completed by the end of this year, according to project managers.

"Construction for the Tongjiang-Nizhneleninskoye Railway Bridge's main body will be finished before the end of this year. We will start building its auxiliary facilities next year," said Lin Yonghan, a project manager at the China Railway Major Bridge Engineering Group. "More than 700 workers are racing against time in two shifts to meet the project's timetable."

Meanwhile, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has asked Russia's transportation authority to begin construction work on the bridge's Russian section before May, China News Service quoted Russian media as reporting.