![Photo taken on Dec. 20, 2018 shows the cross-Straits highway-rail bridge under construction in Pingtan, East China\'s Fujian Province. The first of its kind in China, the combined cross-sea rail and highway bridge across the Pingtan Straits has two layers, one for railways from Fuzhou to Pingtan, the other for a highway from Changle to Pingtan. The bridge spanning 16.45 km will open to traffic in 2019. (Photo: China News Service/Zhang Bin)](http://www.ecns.cn/hd/2018/12/21/ad7cec1caa914f299e14cb4b107b652c.jpg)
Photo taken on Dec. 20, 2018 shows the cross-Straits highway-rail bridge under construction in Pingtan, East China's Fujian Province. The first of its kind in China, the combined cross-sea rail and highway bridge across the Pingtan Straits has two layers, one for railways from Fuzhou to Pingtan, the other for a highway from Changle to Pingtan. The bridge spanning 16.45 km will open to traffic in 2019. (Photo: China News Service/Zhang Bin)
![Photo taken on Dec. 20, 2018 shows the cross-Straits highway-rail bridge under construction in Pingtan, East China\'s Fujian Province. The first of its kind in China, the combined cross-sea rail and highway bridge across the Pingtan Straits has two layers, one for railways from Fuzhou to Pingtan, the other for a highway from Changle to Pingtan. The bridge spanning 16.45 km will open to traffic in 2019. (Photo: China News Service/Zhang Bin)](http://www.ecns.cn/hd/2018/12/21/9e036877dbb24b10be55964170d321c3.jpg)
Photo taken on Dec. 20, 2018 shows the cross-Straits highway-rail bridge under construction in Pingtan, East China's Fujian Province. The first of its kind in China, the combined cross-sea rail and highway bridge across the Pingtan Straits has two layers, one for railways from Fuzhou to Pingtan, the other for a highway from Changle to Pingtan. The bridge spanning 16.45 km will open to traffic in 2019. (Photo: China News Service/Zhang Bin)
![Photo taken on Dec. 20, 2018 shows the cross-Straits highway-rail bridge under construction in Pingtan, East China\'s Fujian Province. The first of its kind in China, the combined cross-sea rail and highway bridge across the Pingtan Straits has two layers, one for railways from Fuzhou to Pingtan, the other for a highway from Changle to Pingtan. The bridge spanning 16.45 km will open to traffic in 2019. (Photo: China News Service/Zhang Bin)](http://www.ecns.cn/hd/2018/12/21/72ab2ee3c5454218bfd28fbcaa925091.jpg)
Photo taken on Dec. 20, 2018 shows the cross-Straits highway-rail bridge under construction in Pingtan, East China's Fujian Province. The first of its kind in China, the combined cross-sea rail and highway bridge across the Pingtan Straits has two layers, one for railways from Fuzhou to Pingtan, the other for a highway from Changle to Pingtan. The bridge spanning 16.45 km will open to traffic in 2019. (Photo: China News Service/Zhang Bin)
![Photo taken on Dec. 20, 2018 shows the cross-Straits highway-rail bridge under construction in Pingtan, East China\'s Fujian Province. The first of its kind in China, the combined cross-sea rail and highway bridge across the Pingtan Straits has two layers, one for railways from Fuzhou to Pingtan, the other for a highway from Changle to Pingtan. The bridge spanning 16.45 km will open to traffic in 2019. (Photo: China News Service/Zhang Bin)](http://www.ecns.cn/hd/2018/12/21/ccd4038647474268acf2fe157e24c03c.jpg)
Photo taken on Dec. 20, 2018 shows the cross-Straits highway-rail bridge under construction in Pingtan, East China's Fujian Province. The first of its kind in China, the combined cross-sea rail and highway bridge across the Pingtan Straits has two layers, one for railways from Fuzhou to Pingtan, the other for a highway from Changle to Pingtan. The bridge spanning 16.45 km will open to traffic in 2019. (Photo: China News Service/Zhang Bin)
![Photo taken on Dec. 20, 2018 shows the cross-Straits highway-rail bridge under construction in Pingtan, East China\'s Fujian Province. The first of its kind in China, the combined cross-sea rail and highway bridge across the Pingtan Straits has two layers, one for railways from Fuzhou to Pingtan, the other for a highway from Changle to Pingtan. The bridge spanning 16.45 km will open to traffic in 2019. (Photo: China News Service/Zhang Bin)](http://www.ecns.cn/hd/2018/12/21/5e9f13ec658d4f5da082f9527d7842e8.jpg)
Photo taken on Dec. 20, 2018 shows the cross-Straits highway-rail bridge under construction in Pingtan, East China's Fujian Province. The first of its kind in China, the combined cross-sea rail and highway bridge across the Pingtan Straits has two layers, one for railways from Fuzhou to Pingtan, the other for a highway from Changle to Pingtan. The bridge spanning 16.45 km will open to traffic in 2019. (Photo: China News Service/Zhang Bin)