China have the longest sea bridge in the world. The Y shaped bridge, Qingdao Haiwan Bridge, a 26,4 miles structure is stretching across the blue waters of Jiaozhou bay and connects the northern side of Qingdao with airport on nearest island and industrial port of Huangdao. This bridge was build in 4 years and 30.000 cars across it every day. 450,000 tons of steel and 2.3 million cubic meters of concrete was used and it's predicted that can hold magnitude 8 earthquake and typhoons. In 2016 China will finish with constructing even bigger bridge, 30 miles long who will link Hong Kong with Macau and Guangdong province. More pictures below:
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