Construction of a railroad bridge got off the ground on Dalian Islet in Pingtan county, according to a project coordinator.

Workers are driving piles into the ground. A total of 266 piles are needed, and 32 of them have been hammered in.

To facilitate the project’s offshore operation, workers will also build five offshore platforms and a 1,400m trestle bridge.

The Pingtan Haixia Railroad Bridge will be a 16.3-km cross-sea bridge. The upper level of the bridge will include a two-way six-lane highway, and the lower level will feature a double-track railway.

The cross-sea rail link is part of the 88-km Fuzhou-Pingtan railway. It will start from Songxia Port in neighboring Changle county, stretch southeast over the Yuanhong channel, the Guyumen channel, Changyu Island, Xiaolian Island, the Xiaolian-Dalian island channel, Dalian Islet, Haitan Strait, and finally reach Suao town on Pingtan Island.