A 36-kilometre bridge will connect the towns of Cixi and Zhapu in East China's Zhejiang Province, located on either side of Hangzhou Bay. The construction of the bridge began Sunday afternoon in C

A 36-kilometre bridge will connect the towns of Cixi and Zhapu in East China's Zhejiang Province, located on either side of Hangzhou Bay. The construction of the bridge began Sunday afternoon in Cixi and it should open to traffic in 2009 and cut the journey between Ningbo and Shanghai by 120 kilometres. [newsphoto.com.cn]