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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Seto Inland Sea (section Highways and bridges)
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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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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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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Tuned mass damper (section Mass dampers in bridges)
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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Honshu (section Bridges and tunnels)
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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