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.
Record breaker: The Qingdao Jiaozhou bay bridge, spanning 26.4 miles between Qingdao and Huangdao, will open for traffic today
Engineering feat: The vast bridge, the largest cross-ocean bridge in the world, cost £960million and took four years to build
A driver's dream: Twenty-four miles of fresh untouched tarmac stretch from Qingdao to Hungdao
Musical mileage: A brass band plays on the sides of the road as flags and banners herald in the opening of the bridge
Open road: Drivers pass through the mist as they make some of the first passes over the 110ft wide bridge which is longer than any others of its kind
Impressive: Testing on the bridge was completed on Monday and it is expected to be opened to traffic for the first time today
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. 
A bridge over misty waters: The immense £1billion structure which is supported by more than 5,000 pillars stretches for 24 miles along China's eastern port city of Qingdao to the offshore island Huangdao 
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