WNAM REPORT: A joint motorway bridge project linking North Korea and Russia across the Tumen River is under way, with completion targeted by the end of 2026, according to a Russian report.
The Russian government has tasked TonnelYuzhStroi, a construction company, with designing and building a motorway bridge over the river on the border with North Korea, Russian news agency Interfax reported Monday.
The deadline for implementing the state contract is Dec. 31, 2026, the report also noted.
The contract followed the signing of an agreement in Pyongyang last June between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and Russian President Vladimir Putin on the construction of a bridge over the Tumen River on the sidelines of their broader mutual defense treaty agreement.
The motorway bridge construction is expected to facilitate freer and faster flows of goods and travelers between the two countries, as they have steadily increased bilateral cooperation in the economy, military and other fields.
The bridge will reportedly be a two-lane structure, spanning 800 meters in length and 10 m in width, and will be built about 400 m downstream of another railway bridge over the river.
