Akashi Kaikyo Bridge
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The Akashi Kaikyo Bridge (Japanese: 明石海峡大橋, Hepburn: Akashi Kaikyō Ōhashi) is a suspension bridge which links the city of Kobe on the Japanese island of Honshu to Iwaya, Awaji [ja] on Awaji Island. It is part of the Kobe-Awaji-Naruto Expressway, and crosses the busy and turbulent Akashi Strait (Akashi Kaikyō in Japanese). It was completed in 1998,[1] and at the time, was the longest central span of any suspension bridge in the world,[3] at 1,991 metres (6,532 ft). Currently, it is the second-longest, behind the 1915 Çanakkale Bridge that was opened in March 2022.
Akashi Kaikyo Bridge 明石海峡大橋 | |
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Coordinates | 34.6162°N 135.0205°E / 34.6162; 135.0205 |
Carries | Six lanes of the Kobe-Awaji-Naruto Expressway and four emergency lanes |
Crosses | Akashi Strait[1] |
Locale | Awaji Island and Kobe[1] |
Other name(s) | Pearl Bridge[2] |
Maintained by | Honshu-Shikoku Bridge Expressway Company Limited (JB Honshi Kōsoku) |
Characteristics | |
Design | Suspension bridge[1] |
Total length | 3,911 metres (12,831 ft) |
Height | 282.8 metres (928 ft) (pylons)[1] |
Longest span | 1,991 metres (6,532 ft)[1] |
Clearance below | 65.72 metres (215.6 ft) |
History | |
Designer | Satoshi Kashima |
Construction start | 1988[1] |
Construction end | 1998[1] |
Opened | April 5, 1998 |
Statistics | |
Toll | ¥2,300 |
Location | |
It is one of the key links of the Honshū–Shikoku Bridge Project, which created three routes across the Inland Sea.