Next to the bridge is a wonderful bridge museum.
Akashi Kaikyo Bridge is lighting with 1737 lamps, lamps that are on the main cable changing colors. The system provides dry air into the cables so that the humidity inside the cables remain constant. The main cable has a dry air system to protect the main cable from corrosion. The main cable has a diameter of 1122 mm and consists of 36,830 small wires of 5.23 mm in diameter. When shifted the foundations of the towers so that the main span was increased by 0.8 m Akashi Kaikyo Bridge is designed to withstand earthquakes of up to 8.5 on the Richter scale and speed of 80 meters per second. During construction vari 1995 there was one earthquake in Kobe area. The building of the bridge began in 1988 and in 1998 the bridge finished. After 10 years of construction and a total cost of 3.6 billion, Akashi Kaikyo Bridge opened on April 5, 1998, measuring 3,911 m long with a center. It is part of the ongoing Honshu- Shikoku Bridge Authority (HSBA) project to link the islands of Honshu, Awaji and Shikoku. Akashi Strait is a known fishing spot and there are about 1,300 boats spacewalks strait daily. The Akashi Kaikyo Bridge (AKB) is a three-span, two-hinged stiffening girder system suspension bridge that spans the Akashi Strait, connecting the Japanese mainland at Maiko, Taruni-ward in Kobe with Matsuho on Awaji Island. This was done in 1998, forty-three years later. To avoid a new tragedy, Japanese authorities decided to build a bridge. In 1955, two ferries connecting Kobe and Awaji collided killing 170 people. It is a tragic event that is at the origin of the bridge. The bridge spans the Akashi Strait, between Kobe and Awaji - shima in Japan. Built in 10 years, the bridge Akashi Kaikyo links Kobe and Awaji island, spanning the Seto Inland Sea. Akashi Kaikyo Bridge is the worlds largest suspension bridge with a main span of 1,991 meters.
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