World's longest sea-spanning bridge to be opened

The picture taken on March 20, 2008 shows a view of the illuminated bridge acorss the Hangzhou Bay in east China's Zhejiang Province. The 36-kilometer cable-stayed structure built at a cost of 11.8 billion RMB yuan (1.64 billion US dollars) is the world's longest sea-spanning bridge and will be opened to traffic by the end of April. (Xinhua/Tan Jin)

A cameraman shoots the illuminated bridge across the Hangzhou Bay in east China's Zhejiang Province, March 20, 2008. (Xinhua/Tan Jin)