Editing Amur (section)

==Bridges and tunnels==
{{Chinese
| rus = Амур
| rusr = Amur
| s = 黑龙江
| t = 黑龍江
| p = Hēilóng Jiāng
| s2 = 阿穆尔河
| t2 = 阿穆爾河
| p2 = Āmù'ěr Hé
| l = "Black [[Chinese dragon|Dragon]] River"
| mon = Хар Мөрөн / Амар Мөрөн
| monr = ''Khar Mörön'' ("black river") or ''Amar Mörön'' ("rest")
| mnc = ᠰᠠᡥᠠᠯᡳᠶᠠᠨ<br />ᡠᠯᠠ
| mnc_rom = Sahaliyan Ula
| pic = Amurbridge2.jpg
| piccap = [[Khabarovsk Bridge]] across the Amur used to be the [[List of longest bridges in the world|longest]] in [[Russian Empire|Imperial Russia]] and [[Eurasia]].
}}The first permanent bridge across the Amur, the [[Khabarovsk Bridge]] with an overall length of {{convert|2590|m|ft}}, was completed in 1916, allowing the trains on the [[Trans-Siberian Railway]] to cross the river year-round without using ferries or rail tracks on top of the river ice. In 1941 a [[Amur River Tunnel|railway tunnel]] was added as well.{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}

Later, a combined road and rail [[Komsomolsk-on-Amur road-rail bridge|bridge over the Amur]] at [[Komsomolsk-on-Amur]] (1975; 1400 m) and the road and rail Khabarovsk Bridge (1999; 3890 m) were constructed.

The [[Tongjiang-Nizhneleninskoye railway bridge]] was proposed in 2007 by [[Valery Solomonovich Gurevich]], the vice-chairman of the [[Jewish Autonomous Oblast]] in [[Russia]]. The railway bridge over the Amur will connect Tongjiang with [[Nizhneleninskoye]], a village in the [[Jewish Autonomous Oblast]].<ref>[http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200706/19/eng20070619_385591.html Proposed bridge to boost bilateral trade] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130528054321/http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200706/19/eng20070619_385591.html|date=2013-05-28}}, China Daily, June 19, 2007.</ref> The Chinese portion of the bridge was finished in July 2016.<ref name="NYT71616">{{cite news |author1=Andrew Higgins |date=July 16, 2016 |title=An Unfinished Bridge, and Partnership, Between Russia and China |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/17/world/asia/unfinished-bridge-russia-china-amur-river.html |url-status=live |access-date=July 17, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160716162428/http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/17/world/asia/unfinished-bridge-russia-china-amur-river.html |archive-date=July 16, 2016}}</ref> In December 2016, work began on the Russian portion of the bridge. Completion of structural link between the two sides of  the bridge was completed in March 2019.<ref>{{citation |title=Russia Completes Construction of First-Ever Rail Bridge to China |date=March 21, 2019 |url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2019/03/21/russia-completes-construction-on-first-ever-rail-bridge-to-china-a64900 |newspaper=[[The Moscow Times]] |access-date=November 16, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{citation |title=Россия и Китай соединили железнодорожный мост через Амур |date=March 21, 2019 |url=https://www.rbc.ru/rbcfreenews/5c9321df9a79475e283c5f69 |trans-title=Russia and China connected a railway bridge across the Amur |access-date=November 16, 2020 |publisher=[[RBK Group]] |language=ru}}</ref> Opening to rail traffic has been repeatedly delayed, with the December 2019 estimate being "the end of 2020",<ref>{{Cite web |title=Railway bridge over Amur river to China will be built by end of 2020, envoy says |url=https://tass.com/economy/1099607 |access-date=November 16, 2020 |website=TASS}}</ref> and then 3rd quarter of 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dvnovosti.ru/eao/2020/02/17/110702/|title=Новости Хабаровска|website=www.dvnovosti.ru}}</ref>