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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).
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.
Oldest existing modern suspension bridge in Japan Important Cultural Property (2003) 116 m (381 ft) Suspension Steel truss deck, concrete pylons: ... Akashi Kaikyō ...
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.
The main islands Honshū and Shikoku are connected by three series of bridges since the late 1980s. This improves land transportation between the connected islands. These series of bridges, collectively known as the Honshū–Shikoku Bridge Project, are, from east to west, Akashi Kaikyo Bridge, Great Seto Bridge, and Nishiseto Expressway.
The bridge's total length of 4,015 metres (13,173 ft), is just a little longer than the total length of the two-tower Akashi Kaikyō Bridge, which is 3,911 metres (12,831 ft). First Kurushima Kaikyō Bridge ( 来島海峡第一大橋 , Kurushima Kaikyō Daiichi Ō-hashi ) , main span 600 metres (1,969 ft), ranks 63rd largest two tower ...
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.
Awaji island map. The island is separated from Honshū by the Akashi Strait and from Shikoku by the Naruto Strait.Since April 5, 1998, it has been connected to Kobe on Honshū by the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge, the second longest suspension bridge in the world. [3]