The bridge connects Maiko in Kobe with Awaji Island.

HONG KONG ( JP ) : Eighty-four years after it was first proposed, and then dismissed as an impossible dream, the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge, the longest suspension bridge in the world, linking the main Japanese island of Honshu and the fourth-largest island of Shikoku finally became a dream realized on April 5.Today’s photo features one of my favorite bridges in Japan: The Akashi Kaikyo Bridge is with almost 4 km the world’s longest suspension bridge!.

A new plan was announced in October 2007 which would entail utilising the islands of Ular, Sangiang and Prajurit to create a four-part suspension bridge reaching above sea level with a maximum span of 3 kilometers, nearly 50 % longer than the current record holder, the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge.

The world's longest suspension bridge, the dlrs 500 billion yen ( dlrs 4 billion ) Akashi Kaikyo Bridge with a 1, 991-meter ( 6, 532-foot ) center span, is scheduled to open in April.

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The bridge, between the islands of Zealand, where Copenhagen is situated, and Funen, linked to the Jutland peninsula and the European continent, is the second-longest span bridge after the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge in Japan.

Horie, who left the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco on March 28, arrived on Thursday at Akashi Kaikyo Bridge in western Japan aboard his ' Mermaid II, ' made of 528 stainless steel containers.

The 3, 911-meter ( 12, 831-foot ) Akashi Kaikyo Bridge links Shikoku, the smallest of Japan's four main islands, with the biggest main island of Honshu via Awaji Island.

The 3, 911-meter ( 12, 906 feet ) Akashi Kaikyo Bridge links Shikoku, the smallest of Japan's four main islands, with the biggest main island of Honshu.

The 3, 911-meter ( 1, 434 feet ) Akashi Kaikyo Bridge links Shikoku, the smallest of Japan's four main islands, with the biggest main island of Honshu.

The Akashi Kaikyo Bridge, under construction near the earthquake's epicenter, was not damaged but was reportedly lengthened by a full meter due to horizontal displacement along the activated tectonic fault.The Akashi Kaikyo Bridge and its shorter sister bridge make up one set of three such sets of bridges connecting the main islands of Shikoku and Honshu.

The Akashi Kaikyo Bridge and its shorter sister bridge make up one of three sets of bridges connecting the islands of Shikoku and Honshu.The current longest suspension bridge is the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge in Japan, with a length of its longest span of 1, 991m.The Akashi Kaikyo Bridge ( AKB ) completes the second road link between the mainland and Shikoku.

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