CHANGNING District will build or renovate nine pedestrian bridges to connect a 5.5 kilometer section of the district’s Outer Ring Road Greenbelt, the government said yesterday.

It is part of the city government’s plan to build 112 kilometers of greenway along the Outer Ring Road. The project, comprising cycle paths, jogging lanes and walkways, following the route of the Outer Ring Road is scheduled to be finished by 2020.

The section covers about 492,800 square meters. The 100-meter-wide greenway between Suzhou Creek and the Hongqiao International Airport is closed to the public. About 10 rivers run through the section.