(JIN TAIHE)

Cars run on the newly opened Yangtze River Bridge in Maanshan, Anhui Province on December 31, 2013.

Upon the completion of the bridge, the travel time between Hefei, capital of Anhui, and Shanghai will be shortened by an hour and the travel time between Hefei and Hangzhou, capital of Zhejiang Province, will be shortened by half an hour.