Kurushima Kaikyō Bridge

The , which connects the island of Ōshima to the main part of Shikoku, was the world's longest suspension bridge structure when 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, which is the smallest of Japan's four main islands. The bridge and the expressway were both conceived by the Honshū-Shikoku Bridge Project.

Construction

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View of the roadway

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 , is just a little longer than the total length of the two-tower Akashi Kaikyō Bridge, which is .

• , main span , ranks 63rd largest two tower suspension bridge
• , main span , ranks 26th largest
• , main span , ranks 25th largest

See also

• Akashi Kaikyō Bridge
• Great Seto Bridge
• List of longest suspension bridge spans

External links

• Kurushima Kaikyō Bridge home page
• Honshū-Shikoku Bridge Authority home page
• First Kurushima Kaikyo Bridge at StructuraeTemplate:EditAtWikidataTemplate:WikidataCheck
• Second Kurushima Kaikyo Bridge at StructuraeTemplate:EditAtWikidataTemplate:WikidataCheck
• Third Kurushima Kaikyo Bridge at StructuraeTemplate:EditAtWikidataTemplate:WikidataCheck