Sutong

Sutong (Chinese: 苏通) is a transliteration used in reference to several related things in Jiangsu Province, China. The most prominent usage is the Sutong Yangtze River Bridge (苏通长江大桥), a cable-stayed bridge that spans the Yangtze River between Nantong on the north bank and Changshu in the Suzhou area on the south bank. Completed and opened in 2008, the bridge forms a key part of a major transport corridor in the Yangtze Delta region. Its main span measures about 1,088 meters, and the overall structure extends roughly 8.2 kilometers in length. The bridge carries multi-lane automobile traffic and is tolled.

The Sutong project has significantly improved cross-river connectivity, reducing travel times and facilitating regional commerce and development. In addition to the bridge, the name Sutong is sometimes used in reference to the broader area around the crossing on the Nantong side, where associated infrastructure and urban development projects have occurred as part of the corridor’s expansion.

Because transliteration systems vary, the name Sutong may appear differently in English-language texts; however, the bridge is the primary entity most commonly associated with the term.