Consisting of two cable-stayed bridges and a tunnel across the Yuzhong peninsula where the heart of Chongqing's commercial & financial district Jiefangbei CBD is located, the connection opened in 2014.

Crossing of the Yangtze on the south side of the Yuzhong peninsula would require a longer main span and allow for two tower in the water.

The plan called for a double deck design with four vehicular lanes and pedestrian walkways on the top and two rail tracks beneath.

[1] A design competition held in July 2008 sought signature long-span bridges which would complement the surrounding landscape.

A team of China Merchants Chongqing Communications Research & Design Institute Co., Ltd. and T. Y. Lin International, led by Man-Chung Tang, won the competition.

A suspension bridge design would have required anchorages that interfered with the foundations of buildings along the sides of the rivers.

The water level of the rivers varies 39 meters between wet and dry seasons, controlled mainly by discharges from the Three Gorges Dam which is 570 kilometers away.

[1] The Dongshuimen Bridge crosses the Yangtze River with a cable-stayed main span that is 445 metres (1,460 feet) long, connecting the Yuzhong and Nan'an Districts.

[1] At the time of its opening, the length of the main span ranks the Donshuimen Bridge among the longest one hundred in the world.

The placement of the single tower means that the cable-stayed back span of 240 metres (787 feet) provides a secondary channel for shipping.