New Eurasian Land Bridge

The New Eurasian Land Bridge, also called the Second or New Eurasian Continental Bridge, is the southern counterpart to the Eurasian Land Bridge, running through China and Central Asia with possible plans for expansion into South and West Asia. It functions as an overland rail freight link between China and Europe, with transit between the two via Central Asia and Russia. Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, China halted further investment in the part of the bridge planned to run through Russia, and the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route, passing through Central Asia, the Caspian Sea and the South Caucasus while bypassing Russia, began to actively develop instead.