Kurushima-Kaikyō Bridge

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bridge_name= Kurushima-kaikyō Bridge
来島海峡大橋


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crosses= Seto Inland Sea
locale= Imabari, Ehime, Japan
maint= Honshū-Shikoku Bridge Project
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design= Suspension bridge
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length= convert|4015|m|ft|0
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begin= May 15, 1988
open= May 1, 1999
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The nihongo|Kurushima-Kaikyō Bridge|来島海峡大橋|Kurushima Kaikyō Ō-hashi, which connects the island of Ōshima to the main part of Shikoku, is the world's longest suspension bridge structure [cite web |url= http://www.atse.org.au/index.php?sectionid=483|title= Two Millennia - Two Long-Span Suspension Bridges|accessdate=2008-04-05 |last= Virola|first= Juhani|coauthors= |year= 2002|month= 11|work= ATSE Focus No 124|publisher= Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering] and was completed in 1999. The bridge is part of the Shimanami Kaidō, an expressway that spans a series of islands and connects Hiroshima Prefecture in Honshū to Ehime Prefecture in Shikoku. The bridge and the expressway were both conceived by the Honshū-Shikoku Bridge Project.

Construction

The Kurushima-Kaikyō Bridge consists of three successive suspension bridges with six towers and four anchorages. There is a shared anchorage that joins each suspension bridge to the next. Its construction is similar to the western portion of San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge which is two successive suspension bridges with four towers and one shared anchorage. The bridge's total length of convert|4015|m|ft|0, is just a little longer than the total length of the two tower Akashi-Kaikyō Bridge, which is convert|3911|m|ft|0.

*, main span convert|600|m|ft|0, ranks 47th largest two tower suspension bridge
*, main span convert|1020|m|ft|0, ranks 16th largest
*, main span convert|1030|m|ft|0, ranks 15th largest

See also

* Akashi-Kaikyō Bridge
* Great Seto Bridge

Notes

External links

* [http://www.jb-honshi.co.jp/english/information/kurushima.html Kurushima-Kaikyō Bridge home page]
* [http://www.jb-honshi.co.jp/english/index.html Honshū-Shikoku Bridge Authority home page]
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