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{{Short description|Suspension bridge across Kanmon Straits, Japan}}
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[[File:Kanmonkyo Bridge Route Sign.svg|thumb|Route sign]]
[[File:Kanmonkyo bridge.jpg|thumb|Kanmon Bridge from the Moji side]]
[[File:Kanmonkyo bridge small.jpg|thumb|Bridge view]][[File:KANMONKYO Bridge.jpg|thumb|View of main span]]{{Expand Japanese}}
The {{Nihongo|'''Kanmon Bridge'''|関門橋|Kanmonkyō}} ([[Asian Highway Network]] {{Jct|country=JPN|AH|1}}) is a [[suspension bridge]] crossing the [[Kanmon Straits]], a stretch of water separating two of [[Japan]]'s four main islands. On the [[Honshū]] side of the bridge is [[Shimonoseki]] ({{Nihongo2|下関}}, which contributed ''Kan'' to the name of the strait) and on the [[Kyūshū]] side is [[Kitakyushu]], whose former city and present ward, [[Magi-ku, Kitakyūshū|Moji]] ({{Nihongo2|門司}}), gave the strait its ''mon''.

The Kanmon Bridge was opened to vehicles on November 14, 1973 and connected to the [[Kyūshū Expressway]] on March 27, 1984.  It is among the [[list of largest suspension bridges|50 largest suspension bridges]] in the world with a central length of {{convert|1068|m|ft|abbr=off}}.

== See also ==
* [[Kanmon Tunnel (disambiguation)|Kanmon Tunnel]]

== External links ==
* {{Structurae|id=20005698|title=Kanmon Bridge}}

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[[Category:Suspension bridges in Japan]]
[[Category:Bridges completed in 1973]]
[[Category:AH1]]
[[Category:Road transport in Japan]]
[[Category:1973 establishments in Japan]]
[[Category:Cross-sea bridges in Asia]]
[[Category:Transport in Kitakyushu]]
[[Category:Transport in Shimonoseki]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Kitakyushu]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Shimonoseki]]
[[Category:Transport buildings and structures in Fukuoka Prefecture]]
[[Category:Transport buildings and structures in Yamaguchi Prefecture]]
[[Category:Kanmon Straits]]

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