- Kurushima-Kaikyō Bridge
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bridge_name= Kurushima-kaikyō Bridge
来島海峡大橋
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carries= 4 lanes of roadway
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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
width= convert|27|m|ft|0
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begin=May 15 ,1988
open=May 1 ,1999
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coordinates= coor dms|34|7|14|N|132|59|51|E|region:JP_type:landmarkThe 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 longestsuspension 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 theShimanami Kaidō , anexpressway that spans a series of islands and connectsHiroshima Prefecture in Honshū toEhime Prefecture in Shikoku. The bridge and the expressway were both conceived by theHonshū-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 towerAkashi-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 largestSee also
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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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place =Nishiseto Expressway
bridge = Kurushima-Kaikyō Bridge
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