Akashi Kaikyō Bridge is a suspension bridge, which links the city of Kobe on the Japanese mainland of Honshu to Iwaya on Awaji Island. It crosses the busy Akashi Strait (Akashi Kaikyō in Japanese) as part of the Honshu-Shikoku Highway.

Since its completion in 1998, the bridge has had the longest central span of any suspension bridge in the world,at 1,991 metres (6,532 ft; 1.237 mi).

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