This leading engineering technology used to build Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge is still alive today, and has been leveraged in other large-scale international bridge projects. The rigorous maintenance schedule allows the bridge to be used for the next 200 years. Its earthquake resistant design had just proved itself worthy.Īfter completion, a groundbreaking cable maintenance technology was created and implemented, with inspections enforced daily. There are plenty of things to enjoy in the. An inspection was performed soon after the earthquake revealing that the bridge itself had sustained no damage, and so construction work continued. The Akashi Kaikyo Ohashi Bridge is the worlds longest suspension bridge with a total length of 3911 meters. At the time, both towers had been completed, but the main cable was still under construction. There was not a single fatality in its 10-year construction period, even though the Great Hanshin Earthquake struck when it was half-built in 1995.

It was built to withstand the 4.5 meter-per-second tidal flows in the channel below, wind speeds of 80m/s, and large earthquakes.

Completed in 1998, Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge was originally an architectural dream that would combine a wealth of engineering technology with Japanese technical capability. The epicenter of the main shock of the 1995 Hyogoken-Nambu earthquake was very close to the construction site of the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge, which will be a.