The Akinada Bridge (安芸灘大橋, Akinada Ō-hashi) is a suspension bridge in Kure, Hiroshima, Japan that crosses the Seto Inland Sea. Completed in 1999, it has a main span of 750 m (2,460 ft).[1] The first and largest bridge on the Akinada Tobishima Kaido, it was constructed by Penta-Ocean Construction, at a cost of 50 billion yen.[2]
Akinada Bridge 安芸灘大橋 | |
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Coordinates | 34°12′22″N 132°40′46″E / 34.20611°N 132.67944°E |
Carries | Motor vehicles, pedestrians and bicycles |
Crosses | Seto Inland Sea |
Locale | Kure, Hiroshima, Japan |
Maintained by | Hiroshima Prefecture Road Corporation |
Characteristics | |
Design | Suspension bridge |
Total length | 1,175 m (3,855 ft) |
Width | 12.7 m (42 ft) |
Height | 119.45 m (392 ft) |
Longest span | 750 m (2,461 ft) |
Clearance below | 40 m (131 ft) at mid-span |
History | |
Construction end | 1999 |
Opened | 18 January 2000 |
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Overview
editThe bridge was opened to traffic on 18 January 2000. The bridge is part of Hiroshima Prefecture Route 74, a route that begins in Honshu and crosses over the Seto Inland Sea via the Akinada Bridge to Shimo-kamagari Island to the south. The bridge is tolled and operated by the Hiroshima Prefecture Road Corporation. It is the longest bridge in Japan to be maintained by a prefecture.[3] The average daily traffic volume on the bridge was 4,000 vehicles by May 2000, far exceeding the expected volume of 2,400 vehicles using it every day.[2]
References
edit- ^ "橋梁年鑑 安芸灘大橋 詳細データ" [Bridge data Akinada Bridge] (in Japanese). Retrieved 11 December 2018.
- ^ a b "AkinadaBridge-Hiroshima Pref Road Public Corp". Archived from the original on 12 April 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
- ^ "安芸灘大橋(あきなだおおはし)" [Akinada Bridge] (in Japanese). 2018. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
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