工程由1889年（光緒十五年）4月開始，到咗張之洞調離廣東陣，經完成咗天字碼頭第一段堤岸及官輪碼頭工程。呢段江堤長約120丈，堤岸填闊約5丈，路面鋪埋沙石。呢個係廣州第一條由華人整出來嘅馬路。
The project began in April 1889 (the fifteenth year of Guangxu), and was transferred from the Guangdong Formation in Zhangzhidong, and the first section of the embankment of Tianzi Wharf and the Guanlun Wharf project were completed. This section of the embankment is about 120 zhang long, the embankment is about 5 zhang wide, and the road surface is paved with sand and gravel. This is the first road in Guangzhou made by Chinese.