In an awe-inspiring feat of earthquake-resistant engineering, the bridge was built to withstand winds of up to 178 miles per hour. This is necessary because the bridge stands in a seismically unstable region that experiences some of Earth's worst storms. The bridge can expand up to 6.5 feet per day, despite the built-in buffers.
Opened to traffic in 1998, Japan's Akashi Kaikyō Bridge has the longest central span of any suspension bridge in the world. The bridge’s main span extends a staggering 6,532 feet, with the structure's total length nearly doubling that at 12,831 feet long. This bustling and often festively illuminated suspension bridge carries the six-lane Honshu-Shikoku Highway across the Akashi Strait, linking the city of Kobe to Awaji Island.
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