First Kurushima Kaikyo Bridge
General Information
| Structural Type: |
Suspension bridge
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| Function / usage: |
Motorway bridge / freeway bridge
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| Original name: | 来島海峡第一大橋 (Kurushima-Kaikyō Daiichi Ōhashi) |
| Other name(s): | 来島海峡第一大橋 (Kurushima-Kaikyō Daiichi Ōhashi) |
| Completed in: | 1999 |
| Status: | in use |
Geographic Information & Related Structures
| Location: |
Ohshima, Ehime, Japan, Asia Mushishima, Ehime, Japan, Asia |
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Technical Information
Dimensions
| main span | 600 m | |
| total length | 960.0 m | |
| span lengths | 140.0 m - 600.0 m - 170.0 m | |
| suspended length | 910.0 m | |
| deck | deck depth | 2.5 m |
| deck width | 27.0 m |
Materials
| deck |
steel
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| pylons |
steel
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Chronology
| 1998 | A temporary steel platform fails during construction. |
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Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- Construction of the Kurushima Bridge, presented at Long-Span and High-Rise Structures, IABSE Symposium, Kobe, 1998.
- Bridges - Ponts - Brücken, Atrium, Mexico City (Mexico), ISBN 8495692619, 2002; pp. 102-105
Internal Information
| Structure-ID: | s0001327 |
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| Created: | 18/02/2001 |
| Last Updated: | 05/03/2013 |