The bridge runs roughly parallel to the Yangtze River, about 8 to 80 km (5 to 50 mi) south of the river. It passes through the northern edges of population centers (from west to east) beginning in Danyang, Changzhou, Wuxi, Suzhou, and ending in Kunshan.

The bridge runs roughly parallel to the Yangtze River, about 8 to 80 km (5 to 50 mi) south of the river. It passes through the northern edges of population centers (from west to east) beginning in Danyang, Changzhou, Wuxi, Suzhou, and ending in Kunshan.

There is a 9-kilometre long (5.6 mi) section over open water across Yangcheng Lake in Suzhou. It was completed in 2010 and opened in 2011.

Employing 10,000 people, construction took four years and cost about $8.5 billion. The Danyang–Kunshan Grand Bridge currently holds the record for the longest bridge in the world in any category as of June 2011.

According to en.wikipedia