​Jinan Fenghuang Yellow River Bridge resumes construction

The Fenghuang Yellow River Bridge in Jinan, Shandong province resumed construction on Feb 15. Currently, 85 percent of the bridge's substructure has been completed.

The bridge has broken several world records, using a total of 114,000 tons of steel, equivalent to two and a half times the amount of steel used for the external structure of Bird's Nest stadium. The bridge's three towers have used approximately twice as much steel as the Eiffel Tower.

The total length of the structure is 6,683 meters, including the main bridge across the Yellow River and the approach span, which have a total length of 3,788 meters.

As of the end of 2019, 2.13 billion yuan ($303.21 million) had been invested in the project.

Wu Zaixiong, chief engineer on the bridge, said that the bridge has broken more than one world record, as its main span of 428 meters is the first of its kind in the world.

The bridge is 61.7 meters wide, making it the first of its kind in the world and the widest of its kind among bridges over the Yangtze and Yellow rivers.

The Fenghuang Yellow River Bridge will be open to traffic by the end of next year.