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The Akashi Kaikyo Bridge

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The Akashi Kaikyo Bridge a suspension bridge which links the city of Kobe on the Japanese island of Honshu to Iwaya on Awaji Island. It is part of the Kobe-Awaji-Naruto Expressway, and crosses the busy and turbulent Akashi Strait. It was completed in 1998, and has the longest central span of any suspension bridge in the world, at 1,991 metres.



See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akashi_Kaikyo_Bridge