The official Japanese bridge thread

[maxxam80]

post any news and photos of Japans wonderful bridges here

[clarky]

This bridge i like
The Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge, connecting Kobe on the mainland with Awaji on Awaji Island, is a huge three-span cable-stayed bridge some 3910 meters in total length with a center span of 1990 meters. Now completed, it is the longest bridge of its type in the world, surpassing the Humber Bridge in the U.K. which has a center span of 1410 meters. The Bridge was constructed by Matsuo Bridge Co. who is responsible for building some of the greatest bridges on Earth, including the Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge.
http://jpatokal.iki.fi/photo/travel/Japan/Kansai/Awaji/AkashiKaikyo_Bridge.JPG

[aoyamacho]

The birdge is constructed in the narrow water area between the Awaji Island and the Hyogo Prefecture. The ships may pass between the Osaka bay and the Seto Inland Sea. Such a shape of the geography creates an area of spinning water near the base of the bridge. It does not harm the bridge but if the person is swiming in there it would harm the person.

[Draff]

There's the obligatory rainbow bridge:

http://www.naka.jaeri.go.jp/keijiban/iter-symposium/rainbow-bridge.gif

More pictures here:
http://tokyoyakei.cool.ne.jp/tokyo-rainbow.html

[Dash2110]

Aomori Bay Bridge! :D

http://home.megapass.co.kr/~jschoa/japan/1992/aomori.jpg