(190816) -- PELJESAC PENINSULA (CROATIA), Aug. 16, 2019 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Aug. 7, 2019 shows the construction site of the Peljesac Bridge near the Peljesac Peninsula, Croatia. A Chinese consortium led by China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) won the bid to build the first phase of the Peljesac Bridge and its access roads early last year. The 2.4km-long cable-stayed bridge will connect the southern tip of the Croatian mainland to the Peljesac Peninsula, thus bypassing a short strip of Bosnian and Herzegovina's territory, giving Croatia its long-awaited territorial continuity and traffic convenience. TO GO WITH "Feature: In first EU-funded project, Chinese contractor rises to environmental challenges" (Xinhua/Gao Lei)