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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Akinada Bridge

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). The first and largest bridge on the Akinada Tobishima Kaido, it was constructed by Penta-Ocean Construction, at a cost of 50 billion yen.

Overview

The 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. 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.

References

  1. ^ "橋梁年鑑 安芸灘大橋 詳細データ" [Bridge data Akinada Bridge] (in Japanese). Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  2. ^ "AkinadaBridge-Hiroshima Pref Road Public Corp". Archived from the original on 12 April 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
  3. ^ "安芸灘大橋(あきなだおおはし)" [Akinada Bridge] (in Japanese). 2018. Retrieved 11 December 2018.