--File--Vista del Jiaozhou Bay Bridge, i mondi più lunga croce-ponte di mare, nella città di Qingdao, est Chinas provincia di Shandong, 22 marzo 2012. La Jia
--File--View of the Jiaozhou Bay Bridge, the worlds longest cross-sea bridge, in Qingdao city, east Chinas Shandong province, 22 March 2012. The Jiaozhou Bay Bridge, which opened a year ago in the eastern port city of Qingdao, traces a wide arc across a bay, from the bustling core to farm fields far from the offices and homes it is supposed to serve. Six lanes wide and 42.5km long, enough to span the English Channel with room to spare, it raises an unsettling economic question: has China, in spectacular fashion, reached its bridge to nowhere moment? In Qingdao, officials privately admit the worlds longest bridge was a mistake. The idea of a local Communist party chief, since sacked for corruption, it serves a suburban district that is also connected to the city centre by an undersea tunnel, several ferry routes and a highway that runs along the waters edge. Though it was designed to carry 30, 000 vehicles a day, an executive in a government-backed construction company says it is registering just 10, 000.
