Qingdao Jiaozhou Bay Bridge is a 26.7 km (16.6 mi) long roadway bridge in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China, which is part of the 41.58 km (25.84 mi) Jiaozhou Bay Connection Project.
[5] The construction used 450,000 tons of steel and 2.3 million cubic metres (81×10^6 cu ft) of concrete.
[6] The cross section consists of two beams in total 35 m (115 ft) wide carrying six lanes with two shoulders.
[3] The 35.4 km (22.0 mi) section is further broken into multiple parts:[3] After the bridge opened, Guinness World Records listed it at 41.58 km (25.84 mi), which made it the longest bridge over water (aggregate length).
[11] The bridge builder Shandong Gaosu Group claimed that Jiaozhou Bay Bridge had the first oversea interchange in the world and that it has the world's largest number of oversea bored concrete piles.
[6][12] The bridge was the idea of a local official in the Chinese Communist Party who was subsequently dismissed for corruption.