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Akashi Kaikyo Bridge
明石海峡大橋
| Status: | built | | Construction Dates | | Began | 1988 | | Finished | 1998 |
|  | | Building Uses | | - transportation | | - mechanical | | Structural Types | | - bridge | | Materials | | - steel |
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| | Heights | | Value | | Source / Comments | | | | Roof | | 975 ft | | jb-honshi.co.jp/bridgeworld/img/bridge01_en.png | | | | | | | | Top deck point | | 319 ft | | -"- | | | | | | | | Deck at pylons | | 266 ft | | | | | | | | | | Clearance | | 216 ft | | wikipedia article | | | | | | | | Deck at anchors | | 174 ft | | jb-honshi.co.jp/bridgeworld/img/bridge01_en.png | | | | | | | | Caisson top | | 33 ft | | -"- | | | | | | | | Water | | 0 ft | | | | | | | | | | Caisson base | | -197 ft | | -"- | | | Kobe side | | |
Description
• Design: Satoshi Kashima
• Spans length: 960 + 1991 + 960
• Longest suspension bridge in the world
• World's tallest bridge till 2004
• Main span was planned as 1990 m long, but earthquake in 1995 moved one pylon and increased the distance between pylons
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