Tatara Bridge

General Information

Structure:	Cable-stayed bridge with semi-fan system
Function / usage:	Motorway bridge / freeway bridge

Location:	Ikuchi, Hiroshima, Japan Ohmishima, Ehime, Japan
Part of:	Honshū-Shikoku Bridge Project
Coordinates:	34° 15' 28.63" N 133° 3' 18.34" E
Coordinates:	34° 15' 40.47" N 133° 4' 19.76" E

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cables	steel
pylons	reinforced concrete

Steel construction

(role unknown)

Manabe, Yasuhito / Hirahara, Nobuyuki / Mukasa, Nobuo / Yabuno, Masashi (1999): Accuracy control on the construction of Tatara Bridge. Presented at: IABSE Conference, Malmö 1999 - Cable-stayed bridges. Past, present and future, pp. 322-331.
Fukunaga, Susumu / Takeguchi, Masahiro (2014): Aerodynamic Characteristics of Indent Stay Cables of Tatara Bridge. Presented at: Engineering for Progress, Nature and People, IABSE Symposium, 3-5 September 2014, Madrid, Spain, pp. 2749-2756.
https://doi.org/10.2749/222137814814070262
Saeki, S. / Fujii, Y. / Suzuki, S. / Ohasi, H. (1996): Aesthetic Design for the Tatara Bridge. Presented at: 15th IABSE Congress, Copenhagen, 16-20 June 1996, pp. 157-162.
Fernández Troyano, Leonardo / Collighan, John (2003): Bridge engineering. A global perspective. Thomas Telford, London (United Kingdom), ISBN 9780727732156, pp. 594, 602.
Dupré, Judith (1997): Bridges. A history of the world's most famous and important spans. Black Dog & Leventhal, New York (USA), pp. 116-117.