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Akashi Kaikyo Bridge

The world longest suspension bridge (3,911-meter-long) over the Akashi strait connecting Kobe in Hyogo Prefecture and Awaji Island. The Akashi Kaikyo Bridge's two towers, which rise 297 meters above the water, also are said to be the tallest of thier kind in the world. The bridge is scheduled to open to the public April 5. Construction began in May 1988.

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Akashi Kaikyo Bridge

Akashi Kaikyo Bridge, the bridge over Akashi Strait, and it connects Honshu and Shikoku.

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AKASHI, Japan - Akashi Kaikyo Bridge - the world longest suspension bridge (3,911-meter-long) over the Akashi strait connecting Kobe in Hyogo Prefecture and Awaji Island. Tha Akashi Kaikyo Bridge's two towers, which rise 297 meters above the water, also are said to be the tallest of thier kind in the world. The bridge is scheduled to open to the public on Apr, 5, Construction began in May 1988. (Photo taken from Kyodo Helicopter, March 4,1998) (Kyodo)

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Awaji Island

This is the same as photograph #2797. The viewer of the photograph can almost smell the wind blowing over the Seto Inland Sea and feel the liveliness of the workers on the Japanese boat. Located near this spot today are Iwaya Port for the Tako Ferry connecting Akashi and Awaji and the Awaji Interchange on the Kobe-Awaji-Naruto Expressway crossing Akashi Strait Bridge.==Date:unknown, Place:Awajishima, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number57‐9‐2]

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(2)Akashi Kaikyo Bridge-arial

AKASHI, Japan - Akashi Kaikyo Bridge - the world longest suspension bridge (3,911-meter-long) over the Akashi strait connecting Kobe in Hyogo Prefectureand Awaji Island. Tha Akashi Kaikyo Bridge's two towers, which rise 297 meters above the water, also are said to be the tallest of thier kind in the world. The bridge is scheduled to open to the public on Apr, 5, Construction began in May 1988. (Photo taken from Kyodo Helicopter, March 4,1998)