
The pile
foundation of total of 1,895 support pillars of Pingtan Haixia Rail-Road
Bridge, China's first cross-sea rail-road bridge has been completed on Nov 16.
The construction will go above ground after the underwater work has finished.
The bridge has two layers, with the upper level carrying a six-lane highway and
the lower level bearing a double-track railway. The 16.3-km-long bridge
connects Fuzhou, capital of Fujian province, with the island city of Pingtan
off the coast of the Taiwan Strait.