The first piece of steel girder of Chibi Yangtze River Highway Bridge, built by China Railway Bridge Bureau, was successfully erected at 10:30 on Wednesday, marking the official start of steel girder erection of the main bridge and construction of the bridge superstructure in full swing. 
      The steel girder of the main bridge of Chibi Yangtze River Highway Bridge has a total of 121 segments. The first piece of steel girder of the main tower on the south bank is being erected, which is 16 meters long, 3 meters wide, 3.241 meters high and weighs 67 tons, and is hoisted and erected by the 160-ton floating crane. [Photo by Zhang Dale/Xianning Daily]