A photo shows a section of an expressway linking Yuxi city and Chuxiong Yi autonomous prefecture in Southwest China's Yunnan province. Workers finished the asphalt pavement of the entire expressway on Aug 24, 2022. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

A photo shows a section of an expressway linking Yuxi city and Chuxiong Yi autonomous prefecture in Southwest China's Yunnan province. Workers finished the asphalt pavement of the entire expressway on Aug 24, 2022. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

A photo shows a section of an expressway linking Yuxi city and Chuxiong Yi autonomous prefecture in Southwest China's Yunnan province. Workers finished the asphalt pavement of the entire expressway on Aug 24, 2022. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

A photo shows the Lyuzhijiang Bridge of the expressway linking Yuxi city and Chuxiong Yi autonomous prefecture in Southwest China's Yunnan province. The pavement of the expressway was finished on Aug 24, 2022. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

Rising above the Lyuzhi River, the bridge, with a span of 780 meters, is the largest suspension bridge with a single tower and single span in the world. The first of its kind in China, the bridge is 798 meters long, with its tower reaching 156 meters.

Workers pave asphalt on the Lyuzhijiang Bridge. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

Workers celebrate the completion of the paving of the expressway linking Yuxi city and Chuxiong Yi autonomous prefecture in Southwest China's Yunnan province. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

A photo shows workers paving asphalt on the expressway linking Yuxi city and Chuxiong Yi autonomous prefecture in Southwest China's Yunnan province. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

An aerial photo shows a section of the expressway linking Yuxi city and Chuxiong Yi autonomous prefecture in Southwest China's Yunnan province. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]