New Twenty-Six Mile Long Chinese Sea Bridge is World’s Longest

The recently completed Jiaozhou Bay bridge is, at 26.4 miles, the world’s longest sea bridge. The bridge serves as a shortcut between the port city of Qingdao and a nearby airport and industrial suburb. China is also home to the longest land bridge, a 102 mile rail bridge on the Beijing-Shanghai railroad. In fact, of the 20 longest bridges in the world most are in China.

photo via Xinhua/Yan Runbo