A file photo of vehicles driving across the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge in Nanjing city, the capital of East China’s Jiangsu Province. The double-decked road-rail bridge across the Yangtze River was the first of its kind built after the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949. The bridge was completed and open for traffic in December 1968. The National Development and Innovation Committee, China’s economic planner, has approved closure of the bridge due to security concerns and authorized repairs that will require about 27 months and 1.09 billion yuan($164 million).
