The two remaining bridge piers are being erected simultaneously with the start of the span launch. The other piers were completed last year.

The major work on the bridge over the Amurskaya Channel to the Bolshoy Ussuriysky Island has to be completed in August 2013.

The continuous box-section span structure is installed by launching on the island side using hydraulic equipment. The second section is being assembled and will be also launched from the right bank."

The new bridge will become the major transportation route for a year-round tourist and general traffic between Fuyuan in China and Khabarovsk.

Photo: Denis Pilipenko / SK Most