The story of the origin of the name of Runyang Bridge:
At the end of 1997, the author went back to visit relatives in the suburbs of his hometown of Yangzhou City, Jiangsu Province, and heard something. According to people in my hometown, the Chinese government has decided to build a highway Yangtze River Bridge near Guazhou Town, a thousand-year-old crossing, to connect southern Jiangsu and northern Jiangsu. Jiang Zemin was from Yangzhou, so the local government wanted to ask Jiang Zemin to write an inscription for the bridge. But what is a good name for the bridge? This takes a lot of thought.
Someone proposed to name it "Zhenjiang Bridge". But Yangzhou people disagreed, because that would not show the importance of this bridge to Yangzhou. People in Yangzhou wanted to call it "Yangzhou Bridge", but people in Zhenjiang refused because the bridge was close to Zhenjiang.
Someone proposed a compromise plan called "Zhenyang Bridge", and the people of Yangzhou became angry when they heard it, "What? Do you want to suppress Yangzhou?" So someone proposed the name "Yangzhen Bridge", but the people of Zhenjiang still didn't agree. willing. At that time, the name was hanging there.
In May 1999, the author met a delegation from Jiangsu, including representatives from Yangzhou City. When asked about the name of the bridge, they replied that it had been decided. Mr. Jiang proposed to call it "Runyang Bridge", and the words were already written.
After careful consideration, I not only applauded. Zhenjiang was also called Runzhou in ancient times. The name Runyang Bridge puts Zhenjiang in front, indicating that it is geographically closest to Zhenjiang. Yangzhou will also be happy, because the bridge nourishes Yang and Yangzhou. This is really the best of both worlds, a win-win happy ending. According to ancient strategists, Jiang Zemin chose the "highest policy".
Extended information
The Runyang Yangtze River Highway Bridge is an important part of the main skeleton of Jiangsu Province’s “four vertical, four horizontal and four connected” highways and the cross-Yangtze River highway channel planning. The completion of the bridge, It is of great significance to improve the highway network structure of China and Jiangsu Province, improve the transportation conditions of Zhenjiang and Yangzhou, strengthen the economic and cultural ties between the two cities, promote the economic development of the areas along the river, and accelerate the implementation of the development strategy of the Yangtze River Delta Economic Belt with Shanghai Pudong as the leader. great significance.
After the completion of the Runyang Yangtze River Highway Bridge, the passing traffic was changed from a car ferry to passing directly over the bridge, which shortened the transit time; shortened the time and space distance between Zhenjiang and Yangzhou, prospered the markets of the two cities, and promoted Cross-strait economic development.