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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).
The expressway is 89.0 kilometres (55.3 mi) long with 24.3 kilometres (15.1 mi) of that stretch consisting of bridges, chiefly the Akashi Kaikyō Bridge and Ōnaruto Bridge. The expressway has four lanes along the entire route from Kobe to Naruto in Tokushima, with an exception along the Akashi Kaikyō Bridge, were it has six lanes. The speed ...
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 Akashi Strait (明石海峡, Akashi Kaikyō) is a strait between the Japanese islands of Honshu and Awaji. The strait connects Seto Inland Sea and Osaka Bay. The width of the Akashi Strait is approximately 4 kilometers, and maximum depth is about 110 meters. [1] The fastest tidal current is about 4.5 metres per second (8.7 knots). [1]
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.
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]
Oldest existing modern suspension bridge in Japan Important Cultural Property (2003) 116 m (381 ft) Suspension ... Kobe-Awaji-Naruto Expressway Akashi Strait. 1998:
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.