Opening of Kammon Bridge to traffic

Photo taken on Nov. 14, 1973, shows the Kammon Bridge on its opening day. The 1,068-meter-long bridge connects Kitakyushu (front) in Fukuoka Prefecture, on Japan's southwestern island of Kyushu, and Shimonoseki in Yamaguchi Prefecture, on the western tip of the island of Honshu.

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