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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...
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    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),...
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  • Akashi may refer to: Akashi (surname) Akashi, Hyōgo Akashi Station, a Japanese railroad station on the Sanyō Main Line Akashi Strait Akashi Kaikyō Bridge...
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    Çanakkale Bridge in Turkey holds the record since opening to traffic in March 2022, with a span of 2,023 metres (6,637 ft). Since 1998, the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge...
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    longest of its type in the world; the Akashi Kaikyō Bridge surpassed it in 1998, and is now the twelfth-longest. The bridge spans the Humber (an estuary formed...
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    the bridge it was the second longest, beaten by the Akashi Kaikyō Bridge opened a few months previously. Together with the New Little Belt Bridge, the...
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    This connection uses three suspension bridges. The Akashi Kaikyō Bridge was the world's longest suspension bridge, and connects Kobe to Awaji Island (Awaji...
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    023 m (2.023 km; 1.257 mi), the bridge surpasses the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge (1998) in Japan by 32 m (105 ft). The bridge was officially opened by President...
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    bridges in the world, it is dwarfed by the Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge, which is on the same route. In 2004, 6.8 million cars and trucks crossed this bridge...
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    got underway. The ferry disaster also led to the creation of the Akashi Kaikyō Bridge. The project took ten years to complete at a cost of US$7 billion;...
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    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...
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    1976 and 1998. It leads from Akashi (Hyōgo Prefecture) on the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge (the second-longest suspension bridge in the world) to Awaji Island...
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    spans have been built in the Eastern Hemisphere, including the Akashi Kaikyō Bridge in Japan (6,532 ft or 1,991 m), but the long leadups to the anchorages...
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    mostly residential area. The second-longest suspension bridge in the world, the Akashi Kaikyō Bridge, extends from Maiko in Tarumi-ku to Awaji Island to...
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    however, the terminus of the Akashi Kaikyō Bridge, which connects Honshu to Awaji Island and to Shikoku, is not in Akashi but in Tarumi-ku, Kōbe. The 135th...
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    epicenter, and because it was built to the latest standards. The Akashi Kaikyō Bridge, under construction near the earthquake's epicenter, was undamaged...
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    (construction on the original Tacoma Narrows Bridge took only 19 months) up to as long as a decade (the Akashi-Kaikyō Bridge's construction began in May 1986 and...
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    planning Examples Akashi Kaikyō Bridge Trans-Alaska pipeline Autobahn Bicycle parking station Brazilian energy independence Brooklyn Bridge Channel Tunnel...
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  • Thumbnail for Kobe-Awaji-Naruto Expressway
    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...
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  • Thumbnail for Tarumi-ku, Kobe
    downtown Kobe and even Osaka. The Akashi Kaikyō Bridge starts from this ward toward Awaji Island. The area belonged to the Akashi Domain of Harima Province until...
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    Osaka Bay and surrounding areas, including Mount Ikoma to the east, Akashi Kaikyō Bridge to the west, Kansai International Airport to the south, and the Rokko...
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    1966 and overlooks the city of Akashi, the Akashi Straits and the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge - the longest suspension bridge in the world. The university has...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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    city, the capital of Wakayama Prefecture Amagasaki, Hyōgo: a core city Akashi, Hyōgo: a core city Higashiōsaka, Osaka: a core city Himeji, Hyōgo: a core...
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    Tokyo portal Akashi Kaikyo Bridge Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line Yokohama Bay Bridge List of bridges in Japan List of longest suspension bridge spans All Nippon...
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  • Al-Aaimmah bridge Al-Sarafiya bridge Ad Halom Allenby Bridge Chords Bridge Emek Ayalon Bridge Zohar Bridge Aioi Bridge, Hiroshima Akashi Kaikyō Bridge, the...
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    during a wind storm. Japan Akashi Kaikyō Bridge, between Honshu and Shikoku, formerly the world's longest suspension bridge, uses pendulums within its...
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    suspension bridge ranked by the length of the centre span after the Akashi Kaikyō Bridge in Japan. List of bridges in China List of longest suspension bridge spans...
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    tunnels and bridges. Three bridge systems have been built across the islands of the Inland Sea between Honshu and Shikoku (Akashi Kaikyo Bridge and the Ōnaruto...
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