This will be a bridge getting on for the height of the Zifeng Tower in Nanjing, our city’s tallest building. And living where we do along the Yangtze River, we know a thing or two about big bridges. But, as they say, you ain’t seen nothing yet.
这将是一座通往南京最高建筑——南京紫峰塔高度的桥梁。我们生活在长江沿岸，对大桥略知一二。但是，正如他们所说，你还什么也没看到。
This past Friday, 15 April, saw the completion of pile driving for the south main tower of the Zhangjinggao Yangtze River Bridge that shall be some 350-metres high.
4 月 15 日星期五，张景高长江大桥南主塔打桩工作完成，高度约 350 米。
Those piles are each 97-metres long, as the Yangtze Evening News reports.
据《扬子晚报》报道，这些堆每根都有 97 米长。
When complete, not only will the Bridge be the world’s highest suspension bridge, it will also boast the world’s longest-single span, bridging the entire Yangtze over 2,300 metres.
建成后，这座大桥不仅将成为世界上最高的悬索桥，还将拥有世界上最长的单跨，横跨整个长江超过2300米。
To put that in perspective, that’s an incredible 900 metres longer than the main span of our Nanjing Qixiashan Yangtze River Bridge (formerly the Nanjing No. 4 Bridge), itself a record breaker when it was opened.
客观地说，这比我们南京栖霞山长江大桥（原南京四桥）的主跨长了令人难以置信的900米，而南京四桥在通车时本身就打破了纪录。
The steel casing for the tower’s foundations was begun on 26 August of last year and completed just 85 days later.
该塔地基的钢外壳于去年 8 月 26 日开始施工，仅 85 天后就竣工。
Work on the first pile driving then began on 28 December. Now that is complete, the construction effort shall turn its focus to the tower’s cofferdam.
第一次打桩工作于 12 月 28 日开始。现在已经完成，施工重点将转向塔楼围堰。
The Zhangjinggao Yangtze River Bridge is aptly named, as it is to connect the cities of Rugao, Jingjiang and Zhangjiagang. Respectively, those cities come under the jurisdiction of Nantong and Taizhou on the northern bank of the Yangtze, and Suzhou to the south.
张靖高长江大桥名副其实，因为它连接着如皋、靖江和张家港三市。这些城市分别隶属于长江北岸的南通市和泰州市，以及南方的苏州市。
Along a total length of approximately 30 kilometres, the cross-river section of the Bridge has a total length of 7,859 metres, including approach bridges. The eight-lane road atop them is to have a design speed of 100 kilometres per hour.
大桥全长约30公里，跨江段含引桥总长7859米。其上的八车道道路设计时速为100公里/小时。
Construction of the Bridge is of great significance in implementing the national strategy that is the integrated development of cities across the Yangtze River Delta.
大桥的建设对于落实长三角城市一体化发展国家战略具有重要意义。
