Mobile bridge across the Amur between Blagoveshchensk and Chinese Heihe. File photoVLADIVOSTOK, June 10Freight traffic was opened on the international road bridge across the Amur River, which connects Blagoveshchensk with the city of Heihe in China, RIA Novosti correspondent reports. -Prime Minister, Plenipotentiary of the President of Russia in the Far East Yury Trutnev, Deputy Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China Hu Chunhua, Minister of Transport of Russia Vitaly Savelyev and Minister for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic Alexei Chekunkov. Governor of Heilongjiang Province Hua Changsheng and Governor of the Amur region Vasily Orlov. «Let's go,» Hua Changsheng said in Russian, starting the movement. Vasily Orlov said that the average fare on the Blagoveshchensk-Heihe bridge for one car would be 8,700 rubles, and when the bridge pays for itself, it will be lower. According to Trutnev, «in today's disunited world, the Blagoveshchensk-Heihe bridge between Ros China and China is of particular importance.» «It will become another thread that connects the peoples of Russia and China,» he said.A cross-border railway bridge from Russia to China will be launched in the Jewish Autonomous Region in the summer, the Plenipotentiary reminded that thousands of people from both the Russian and Chinese sides participated in the construction of the bridge. “The uniqueness of such a bridge is that the project was implemented without budgetary funds. I want to thank everyone who made this bridge possible,” said Trutnev Savelyev, noting that the opening of the bridge will increase the volume of cargo turnover to a million tons of cargo per year. «I am sure that the opening of the bridge will reduce the costs and terms of transportation of goods in foreign trade,» the minister added.
According to Hu Chunhua, «the opening of the bridge testifies to the readiness and confidence in deepening the interaction complex.» «The Chinese side is ready to use the opportunities to launch the crossing, provide better logistics services. Together, we will turn the bridge into a bridge of friendship and cooperation,» the Deputy Premier said. Eight Russian tractors from the fleet of Gazprom Helium Service LLC, operating on environmentally friendly fuel — liquefied natural gas, have left for China.Mishustin inspected the construction of a bridge across the Amur between Russia and ChinaEight trucks also drove in from the Chinese side. They bring car tires and components for electrical equipment to Russia. The construction of the Blagoveshchensk-Heihe cross-border crossing across the Amur began in December 2016 in the Blagoveshchensk district of the Amur region and was carried out simultaneously from both banks. It was planned to open the bridge in November 2020, but due to the difficult epidemiological situation, the launch of the facility had to be postponed. The construction of the bridge cost 19 billion rubles, of which 14 billion were invested on Russian territory. The length of the bridge is 1080 meters. It is two-lane, the total width of the carriageway is 11 meters. The bridge itself from span to span is 18.2 meters. The total length of the bridge crossing is about 20 kilometers. This includes six kilometers of road in China and 13 kilometers of access roads in Russia, in which another 278 meters is a bridge over the Kanikurganskaya channel. According to the terms of reference, 630 trucks, 164 buses and 68 cars will be able to pass through the bridge every day. img src=»/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/af666b92cbcff8d4675f81b8ae760963.jpg» />The Russian and Chinese parts of the bridge across the Amur River are docked