China has unveiled the world’s longest sea bridge, which stretches a massive 26.4 miles! The road bridge, which took four years and cost a cool £5.5billion to build, will be open for use in the New Year and is almost three miles longer than the previous record-holder, the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway in Louisiana.



With an overall length of 42.58km, the route between Qingdao and Huangdao will be shortened by 30km, cutting the travel time by about 20 minutes.

World's longest sea bridge opens in China ...
(but don't think about crossing it on foot, it's the length of a marathon)

At 26.4 miles long, it is five miles further than the distance between Dover and Calais

China has opened the world's longest cross-sea bridge - which stretches five miles further than the distance between Dover and Calais .The Jiaozhou Bay bridge is 26.4 miles long and links China's eastern port city of Qingdao to the offshore island Huangdao.The road bridge, which is 110ft wide and is the longest of its kind, cost nearly £1billion to build.