At 10:10 on October 10, the first pile foundation of Yili River Bridge No. 4 of the G218 Yining City Bypass Highway Project, constructed by China Railway No. 5 Engineering Group, was successfully drilled. The successful drilling of the project's first pile foundation also laid a solid foundation for the early completion of the bridge. Zhang Donghong, Deputy General Manager of China Railway City Investment Xinjiang Branch and General Manager of Yili China Railway Infrastructure Construction Project Management Co., Ltd., Liu Ping'an, Chief Supervision Engineer, and Zhang Shaojie, Commander of the China Railway No. 5 Engineering Group G218 Bypass Highway Project, attended the drilling launch ceremony.

　　At the commencement ceremony, General Manager Zhang Donghong fully affirmed the preliminary work of China Railway No. 5 Engineering Group and expressed the hope that the Group would continue to carry forward the work spirit of not waiting or relying on others and rising to difficulties, and strive to complete the construction task with guaranteed quality and quantity. Commander Zhang Shaojie said that the project department would take this as an opportunity to overcome difficulties such as short effective construction time, heavy tasks, and difficult land acquisition and demolition, and build the G218 Bypass Highway to "high standards and strict requirements."

　　Yili River Bridge No. 4 has a total length of 1,677.5 meters. The main bridge adopts a steel truss girder, and the total length of the pile foundation is 12,600 meters. It connects Tuogelake Township in the north and Miliangquan Township in the south. After completion, it will be one of the main landscape bridges over the Yili River. Bridge No. 4 is located within a forest area and the scope of multiple management units, with complex pipelines and great difficulty in relocation and modification. Facing enormous schedule pressure, with the strong support of leaders at all levels and the forward command of Commander Zhang Shaojie and other project leadership team members, and in light of the actual site conditions, the project actively coordinated and cooperated with external units, formulated strict construction plans and safeguard measures, organized multiple scheme discussion meetings, optimized the construction scheme, refined the division of labor, implemented responsibilities, and provided detailed technical briefings to personnel involved in pile foundation construction. Adequate preparations were made in terms of technical schemes, materials, equipment, and logistical support. After three months of day-and-night efforts by all project personnel, the pipeline relocation and modification work for Bridge No. 4 has been basically completed, and the site has met the conditions for drilling.

　　In this golden construction season, all employees of the project department are dedicating their enthusiasm and wisdom to safeguard the high-quality and high-speed progress of the project.