The construction of Chinese section of a cross-river railway bridge linking the country with Russia has been half completed on July 23, according to the website of China's News Service.

The main body of the Tongjiang-Nizhneleninskoye Railway Bridge has a total lengthen of 2,215 meters, with 1,900 meters in China. It's designed loading capacity reaches 21 million tons annually. The construction of the bridge was started in February 2014 and the bridge erection is expected to be finished by the end of October.