
A crane drive piles as the construction of the No.4 Cross Yangtze River Bridge started in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, Dec. 28, 2008. The 28.996-km-long bridge has a span of 5.448 km, the longest in China and the third longest in the world. The No. 4 bridge is scheduled to be completed in 2010 and put into operation in 2013. (Xinhua/Sun Can) (Xinhua/Sun Can)

Builders attend a launch ceremony at the construction site of the No.4 Cross Yangtze River Bridge in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, Dec. 28, 2008. (Xinhua/Sun Can)

Builders look at an effect picture of the No.4 Cross Yangtze River Bridge as the construction of the bridge started in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, Dec. 28, 2008. (Xinhua/Sun Can)