China will bring the next generation of wireless technology to the world's longest sea bridge.

The 34-mile (55 km) bridge, which opened last month, links Hong Kong, Macau and the mainland Chinese city of Zhuhai by road. It's now been prepared for 5G coverage, China's state-run Xinhua press agency reported Sunday.

Workers managed to extend the coverage area of the optical fiber to more than 12 miles (20 km), double the usual onshore coverage, to get network signal to the entire bridge, the report noted. "The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao bridge now has good coverage of 4G service," said Fang Zheng, vice general manager of the WLAN office of ZTE, the bridge's network operator.