Higashi Kobe Bridge

Higashi Kobe Bridge 東神戸大橋
Coordinates	34°42′33″N 135°17′32″E
Carries	Hanshin Expressway 5 Bayshore Route
Crosses	Kobe Bay
Locale	Kobe / Osaka, Japan
Maintained by	Hanshin Expressway Company
Characteristics
Design	Cable-stayed, Warren truss bridge
Total length	1,800 m (5,906 ft)(1.8 km)
Width	20 m (66 ft)
Height	168 m (551 ft)
Longest span	485 m (1,591 ft)
Load limit	Two(Double)-Decker Bridge
Clearance below	32 m (105 ft)
History
Opened	1992 Higashi Bridge Location of the Bridge
Location

The Higashi Kobe Bridge (東神戸大橋, Higashi Kōbe Ōhashi) is a cable-stayed bridge in Kobe, Japan, which opened in 1992. It has a main span of 485 meters and spans a waterway between to Artificial islands part of the Kobe-Osaka bay. The bridge is a part of the Hanshin Expressway, which also is cradled by the Tempozan Higashi Bridge, downstream of the Higashi Kobe Bridge. The bridge is also a part of the Bayshore route 5 expressway of Kobe, which is also a part of the Industrial Ring Road of Kobe. The bridge carries two decks of roadway (3 lanes on each deck) (6 in total), and the bridge is 168 meters high and the maximum clearance is 32 meters to the water. The bridge was built by the Hanshin Expressway Public Corporation.

See also

• List of longest cable-stayed bridge spans

References

• Nicolas Janberg. "International Database for Civil and Structural Engineering". Structurae.com.