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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 and Iwaya, Awaji on Awaji Island. It is part of the Kobe-Awaji-Naruto Expressway, and crosses the busy and turbulent Akashi Strait (Akashi Kaikyō in Japanese).
Satoshi Kashima (加島 聰, Kashima Satoshi) is a Japanese civil engineer. He was lead designer/engineer of the longest suspension bridge in the world, the 3,911-meter Akashi Kaikyō Bridge (also known as the Pearl Bridge) located in Japan which was completed in 1998.
Also the longest bridge span in the world from 1964 to 1981 Humber Bridge: Yorkshire, UK: 1,410 m (4,630 ft) 1981–1998: Also the longest bridge span in the world from 1981 to 1998 Akashi Kaikyo Bridge Japan: 1,991 m (6,532 ft) 1998–2022: Also the longest bridge span in the world from 1998 to 2022. The largest ever increase in length.
Civil Engineering Design Prize (2001) Designed by Renzo Piano: 883 m (2,897 ft) Box girder Steel: East China Sea. 1997: Ushibuka ... Akashi Kaikyō Bridge:
The Akashi Kaikyō Bridge was the world's longest suspension bridge at the time of its construction in 1998, and connects Kobe to Awaji Island (Awaji, Hyogo). The others are the Ōnaruto Bridge, connecting Awaji to Ōge Island (Naruto, Tokushima) across the Naruto Strait, and the Muya Bridge connecting Ōge Island with Shikoku.
English: The Akashi Kaikyō Bridge (明石海峡大橋 Akashi Kaikyō Ō-hashi), also known as the Pearl Bridge, links the city of Kobe on the mainland of Honshu to Iwaya on Awaji Island, in Japan. (Video is from a ferry.)
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Akashi Kaikyo Bridge: World's longest suspension bridge — In 1955, two ferries sank along the Akashi Strait in Japan, killing 168 children. The tragedy led to 30 years of research to design a bridge that would link Awaji Island to Kobe. The bridge would need to be able to withstand severe earthquakes and typhoons.