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Akashi-kaikyô-ôhashi 明石 海峡大橋
Akashi Strait Bridge - Kôbe City / Awaji City - completed 1998

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The Akashi-Kaikyô Bridge - since April 1998 part of the Honshû-Shikoku Highway  - crosses the AkashiStrait linking the main island Honshû in Maiko / Kôbe City and Awaji City on Awaji Island. The bridge is 3.911 m long overall and the central section is 1.991 m - thus it is the longest bridge span in the world.

date taken: May 2010
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Akashi Strait - view from Maiko / Kôbe City
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Akashi Strait - tourists with view from Maiko / Kôbe  (2)
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inside view
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inside view  (2)
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date taken: December 2005
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Akashi-kaikyô-ôhashi = AkashiStrait Bridge
Honshû-Shikoku expressway
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Akashi Strait - view from Awaji Island  (2)
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Akashi Strait - view from Awaji Island  (3)
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Akashi Strait - view from Awaji Island  (4)
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Akashi Strait - night view from Awaji Island
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Honshû-Shikoku expressway  (2)
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Akashi Strait - view from Awaji Island  (5)
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Akashi Strait - view from Awaji Island  (6)
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Akashi Strait - view from Awaji Island  (7)
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Honshû-Shikoku Highway  (3)
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Honshû-Shikoku Highway  (4)
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Honshû-Shikoku Highway  (5)
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Honshû-Shikoku Highway  (6)
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Honshû-Shikoku Highway  (7)
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Akashi Strait - road map  (6)
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Honshû-Shikoku Highway - bus driver
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Akashi strait - view from Maiko / Kôbe
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Akashi strait - view from Maiko / Kôbe  (2)
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Akashi strait - view from Maiko / Kôbe  (3)
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angler - Akashi strait in Maiko / Kôbe  (4)
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view from Park in Maiko / Kôbe  (5)
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Chinese tourists - Maiko / Kôbe  (6)
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view from Park in Maiko / Kôbe  (7)
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nameplate in park - Maiko / Kôbe  (8)
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view from Park in Maiko / Kôbe  (9)
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