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It was built from 1997 to 2004, and it is the largest rigid-frame bridge in Japan and the third largest in the world. [1] Images of the bridge have been widely circulated on the internet, owing to its seemingly steep nature when photographed from a distance with a telephoto lens , but in actuality, it has a less pronounced, 6.1% gradient in the ...
Kujira Bridge くじら橋: Tanaka Prize (1997) Span : 100 m (330 ft) 107 m (351 ft) Box girder Prestressed concrete: 1997: Inagi: Tokyo [C 2] [S 14] [8] 9: Raiden Todoroki Bridges 雷電廿六木橋: Civil Engineering Design Prize (2010)
This list of tallest bridges includes bridges with a structural height of at least 200 metres (660 ft). The structural height of a bridge is the maximum vertical distance from the uppermost part of a bridge, such as the top of a bridge tower, to the lowermost exposed part of the bridge, where its piers, towers, or mast pylons emerge from the surface of the ground or water.
natalie419, flickr A new rollercoaster in a Japanese resort town beneath Mount Fuji has bragging rights: Over a little less than a half mile of track, the Takabisha features a bundle of twists and ...
Akashi Kaikyo Bridge, under construction in December 1995. The original plan called for a mixed railway-road bridge, but when construction on the bridge began in April 1988, it was restricted to road only, with six lanes. Actual construction did not begin until May 1988 and involved more than 100 contractors. [8]
Tanize Suspension Bridge (Japanese: 谷瀬の吊り橋, Hepburn: tanize no tsuribashi), alternatively known as the Tanise Suspension Bridge, is a bridge in Totsukawa, Nara. It is one of Japan's oldest and longest extant wire suspension bridges. [1] The bridge, locally known as 谷瀬大橋 (Tanize-ōhashi, lit.
Tsūjun Bridge (通潤橋 -kyō) is an aqueduct in Yamato, Kumamoto, Japan. It is an arch bridge completed in 1854 and is 84.0m long. The arch spans 27.3m. It is the largest stone aqueduct in Japan. [1] The Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs has designated the bridge an National Treasure. [1] [2]
Japan's total population was 125.41 million, down just over half a million people from a year earlier, and there was a 10.7% jump in foreign residents with addresses registered in Japan, the ...