The bridge has a main span of 1,385 metres (4,544 ft) connects Jiangyin south of the river to Jingjiang to the north.

Located in the centre of the Jiangsu Province, the bridge carries traffic on the G2 Beijing-Shanghai Expressway.

The concrete towers are 190 metres (623 ft) tall, roughly equivalent in height to a 60 story building.

The main span, constructed by Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Company, is made of flat streamlined steel box girders.

[1] The steel deck was erected by raising pre-assembled units weighing up to 500 metric tons with jacks.