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Ikitsuki Bridge

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Location
  
Ikitsuki

Material
  
Steel

Phone
  
+81 950-53-3380

Ikitsuki Bridge

Design
  
Continuous Truss bridge

Longest span
  
400 metres (1,312.336 ft)

Construction begin
  
000000001991-01-01-00001991

Address
  
Japan, 〒859-5373 長崎県平戸市春日町字呼崎1-4

Similar
  
Hirado Bridge, Kawachi Touge Pass, Catholic Himosashi Church, Hirado Castle, Tabira Catholic Church

hirado bridge and hirado park in nagasaki japan


The Ikitsuki Bridge is a Continuous truss bridge that connects Ikitsuki to Hirado. Completed in 1991, it has a main span of 400 meters (1,300 feet). It is the longest continuous truss bridge in the world.

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History

The bridge allows automobile access from Ikitsuki to Hirado and the rest of Japan. Previously, the only option to travel off Ikitsuki was by ferry to various ports in Kyūshū.

References

Ikitsuki Bridge Wikipedia