General Information
| Name in local language: | 関門橋 (Kanmonkyō) |
|---|---|
| Completion: | 14 November 1973 |
| Status: | in use |
Project Type
| Structure: |
Three-span suspension bridge |
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| Function / usage: |
Road bridge |
| Material: |
Steel bridge |
| Plan view: |
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Location
| Location: |
Moji, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan |
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| Coordinates: | 33° 57' 42.09" N 130° 57' 31.41" E |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| main span | 712 m | |
| total length | 1 068 m | |
| span lengths | 185 m - 712 m - 185 m | |
| clearance | 61 m | |
| number of spans | 3 | |
| deck | deck depth | 9 m |
| deck width | 26 m | |
| pylon | height | 140.8 m |
Materials
| pylons |
steel
|
|---|---|
| deck truss |
steel
|
Excerpt from Wikipedia
The Kanmon Bridge (関門橋, Kanmonkyō) (Asian Highway Network ) 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 former city and present ward, Moji (門司), gave the strait its mon.
The Kanmon Bridge was opened to vehicles on November 14, 1973 and connected to the Kyūshū Expressway on March 27, 1984. It is among the 50 largest suspension bridges in the world with a central length of 1,068 metres (3,504 feet).
Text imported from Wikipedia article "Kanmon Bridge" and modified on July 23, 2019 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.
Participants
Currently there is no information available about persons or companies having participated in this project.
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (1999): Bridge Engineering Handbook. CRC Press, Boca Raton (USA), pp. 65-13.
- (2016): Study on Large-Scale Repair Plan of the Kanmon Bridge (a Long-Span Expressway Suspension Bridge). Presented at: IABSE Congress: Challenges in Design and Construction of an Innovative and Sustainable Built Environment, Stockholm, Sweden, 21-23 September 2016, pp. 1501-1508.
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20005698 - Published on:
01/10/2002 - Last updated on:
12/09/2021
