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Locations of Honshu-Shikoku Bridge Project Expressways. The Honshu-Shikoku Bridge Project (本州四国連絡橋, Honshū-Shikoku Renraku-kyō) is a system of bridges connecting the islands of Honshu and Shikoku across the Inland Sea of Japan, which were previously only connected by ferry. It consists of three major connections.
The Ōnaruto Bridge (大鳴門橋, Ōnaruto-kyō, lit. "Great Naruto Bridge") is a suspension bridge that carries 4 lanes of the Kobe-Awaji-Naruto Expressway connecting Minamiawaji, Hyogo on Awaji Island with Naruto, Tokushima on Ōge Island, Japan. Completed in 1985, it has a main span of 876 metres (2,874 ft).
Based on current depths, a 55 m (180 ft) reduction in sea level would be sufficient to connect Hokkaidō with the mainland. [3]: 1135 The Sōya land bridge (宗谷陸橋) and Mamiya land bridge (間宮陸橋) — sometimes referred to jointly as the Saghalien land bridge (樺太陸橋) [4] or Sakhalin land bridge — are thus thought to have been in place during most glacial periods.
Green: Great Seto Bridge Yellow: Kobe-Awaji-Naruto Expressway Red: Nishiseto Expressway When in 1889 the first railway in Shikoku was completed between Marugame and Kotohira, a member of the Prefectural Parliament, Jinnojo Ōkubo (大久保諶之丞, Ōkubo Jinnojo, 1849–1891), stated in his speech at the opening ceremony: "The four provinces of Shikoku are like so many remote islands.
Megane Bridge is also part of the first group of bridges built over Nakashima river. Megane Bridge is made of stone and is a double arch bridge. It received the nickname "Spectacles Bridge" because its two arches and their reflection in the water create the image of a pair of spectacles.
The Kawazu-Nanadaru Loop Bridge is a double spiral bridge with a height of 45 m (148 ft), 80 m (260 ft) in diameter, and a total length of 1,064 m (3,491 ft). [1] [2] [3] From the direction of Shimoda/Kawazu Station, it goes uphill counterclockwise, and from the direction of Izu/Amagi Tunnel, it goes downhill clockwise. It loops 720 degrees (or ...
The Kanmon Bridge (関門橋, Kanmonkyō) (Asian Highway Network AH1) is a suspension bridge crossing the Kanmon Straits, a stretch of water separating two of Japan's four main islands. On the Honshū side of the bridge is Shimonoseki ( 下関 , which contributed Kan to the name of the strait) and on the Kyūshū side is Kitakyushu , whose ...
2015. Sanjō Ōhashi (三条大橋) is a bridge in Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan.It spans the Kamo River as part of Sanjō-dōri (三条通り Third Avenue).It is well known because it served as the ending location for journeying on both the Nakasendō and the Tōkaidō; these were two of the famous "Five Routes" for long-distance travelers during the Edo period in Japan's past.