Longest bridge over water opens in China Longest bridge over water: The Jiaozhou Bay bridge is 26 miles long and links China's eastern port city of Qingdao to the island of Huangdao. CHINA OPENS THE WORLD'S LONGEST BRIDGE OVER WATER, TOPPLING AMERICAN RECORD-HOLDER Along with its massive high-speed rail network, China has officially surpassed the United States in yet another piece of transportation infrastructure: the world's longest sea bridge . The new bridge spans Jiaozhou Bay, on the southern coast of China's Shandong Peninsula in northeastern China. At 26.4 miles long, it beats Louisiana's Lake Pontchartrain Causeway — the previous world-record holder — by at least 2 miles, according to the Guinness Book of World Records . Chinese workers toiled at marathon pace to build the bridge in four years, starting at each side and meeting in the middle. The structure has 5,200 pillars and cost at least...