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[[File:Shanghai Landsat-7 2005-08-15.jpg|thumb|right|A false-color image of northeastern [[Shanghai]]: [[Chongming Island|Chongming]] forms the northern bank of this channel of the [[Yangtze]] while [[Changxing Island (Shanghai)|Changxing]] ({{abbr|L|Left}}) and [[Hengsha Island|Hengsha]] ({{abbr|R|Right}}) lie midstream. The four shoals of [[Jiuduansha]] lie to the southeast, off the coast of [[Pudong]].]]

 

[[Chongming Island]] ({{convert|1267|sqkm|sp=us|disp=or|abbr=on}}<ref name=eos>[http://zhuanti.shanghai.gov.cn/encyclopedia/en/Default2.aspx#50 "Chongming County" in the ''Encyclopedia of Shanghai'', pp.&nbsp;50&nbsp;ff.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130302131933/http://zhuanti.shanghai.gov.cn/encyclopedia/en/Default2.aspx |date=2013-03-02 }} Shanghai Scientific & Technical Publishers (Shanghai), 2010. Hosted by the Municipality of Shanghai.</ref>) is now the second-largest [[islands of China|island of mainland China]] (after [[Hainan]]). The natural expansion of the island has been greatly accelerated by [[land reclamation|reclamation projects]], which doubled its size between 1950 and 2010. This growth caused it to absorb the former island of [[Yonglongsha]], creating a long [[list of enclaves and exclaves#Subnational pene-enclaves.2Fexclaves and inaccessible districts|pene-exclave]] of [[Jiangsu]] on its northern shore administered as the [[township (PRC)|township]]s of [[Haiyong Township|Haiyong]] and [[Qilong Township|Qilong]]. The island was connected to Changxing by the [[Shanghai Yangtze Bridge|Yangtze Bridge]] in 2009<ref>"[http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200910/20091031/article_418075.htm Bridge-Tunnel Linking Chongming Island Opens to Traffic]". ''[[Shanghai Daily]]''. 31 Oct 2009. Accessed 3 Nov 2009.</ref> and to [[Qidong City|Qidong]] in Jiangsu by the [[Chongqi Bridge]] in 2011.<ref>[http://www.news.ifeng.com/mainland/detail_2011_12/24/11545581_0.shtml "'长江入海第一桥'崇启大桥24日正式建成通车"]{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} [''"'Chángjiāng Rùhǎi Dì Yī Qiáo' Chóngqǐ Dàqiáo 24 Rì Zhèngshì Jiànchéng Tōngchē"'', "Chongqi Bridge, the 'First Bridge of the Yangtze Delta', Officially Opens to Traffic on the 24th"]. {{lang|zh|中国广播网}} [''Zhōngguó Guǎngbōwǎng'']. 24 Dec 2011. {{zh icon}}</ref> The [[Chonghai Bridge]], to [[Haimen]] in Jiangsu, remains under construction<ref>"[http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90783/7601445.html Major Construction Completed on Chongqi Bridge]". ''[[People's Daily]]''. 21 Sept 2011. Accessed 19 Oct 2011.</ref> and plans for Shanghai's [[Huchong Expressway|S7 (Huchong) Expressway]] call for the creation of a bridge directly from [[Baoshan District, Shanghai|Baoshan District]] to [[Chengqiao, Shanghai|Chengqiao]].

 

 

[[Hengsha Island]] ({{convert|55.74|km2|sqmi|sp=us|disp=or|abbr=on}}<ref name="stats2007"/>) lies to Changxing's east and is connected with the mainland and other islands by ferry service.