Akashi Kaikyō Bridge

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Info: The Akashi Kaikyō Bridge is a suspension bridge, which links the city of Kobe on the Japanese mainland of Honshu to Iwaya on Awaji Island. It crosses the busy Akashi Strait (Akashi Kaikyō in Japanese) as part of the Honshu–Shikoku Highway. It was completed in 1998, and has the longest central span of any suspension bridge in the world, at 1,991 metres (6,532 ft; 1.237 mi). It is one of the key links of the Honshū–Shikoku Bridge Project, which created three routes across the Inland Sea.

Country: Japan

Architect: Satoshi Kashima

Completed: 1998

Wiki link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akashi_Kaiky%C5%8D_Bridge

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPkC6dHEv4Y

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