On May 1, 2008, China opened the world's longest sea bridge, a 22-mile structure spanning a bay in the East China Sea.

The Hangzhou Bay bridge links the financial and commercial hub of Shanghai with the booming industrial city of Ningbo. It will cut the driving distance between the two key cities, in China's prosperous Yangtze River delta, by 75 miles and reduce the journey time by one and a half hours. Read entire article at: www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/may/01/china1

Source: Guardian.co.uk