The Blagoveshchensk-Heihe Bridge (russian: мост Благовещенск — Хэйхэ; zh, 黑河－布拉戈维申斯克界河公路大桥) is a bridge across the

Amur River The Amur (russian: река́ Аму́р, ), or Heilong Jiang (, "Black Dragon River", ), is the world's List of longest rivers, tenth longest river, forming the border between the Russian Far East and Northeast China, Northeastern China (Inne ...

, connecting the cities of

Blagoveshchensk Blagoveshchensk ( rus, Благове́щенск, p=bləgɐˈvʲeɕːɪnsk, meaning ''City of the Annunciation'') is a city and the administrative center of Amur Oblast, Russia. It is located at the confluence of the Amur and the Zeya Rivers, opp ...

, Russia, and

Heihe Heihe (; ; Russian: Хэйхэ) is a prefecture-level city of northern Heilongjiang province, China, located on the Russian border, on the south bank of the Amur (Heilong) River, across the river from Blagoveshchensk. At the 2020 census, 1,2 ...

, China. According to CNN, the construction of the bridge started in 2016 and was completed in late 2019. It was estimated that the bridge cost 18.8 billion rubles. Regular bridge traffic started on June 10, 2022. The new crossing between China and Russia is currently available only for freight traffic.

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Bridges in Russia Bridges in China Bridges completed in 2019 International bridges 2019 establishments in Russia 2019 establishments in China Blagoveshchensk Heihe Bridges over the Amur {{Russia-bridge-struct-stub