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Created on: 02/18/01
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Minami Bisan-Seto Bridge

南備讃瀬戸大橋; Minami Bisan-Seto Ōhashi
Completed in: 1988
Status: in use
Location: Japan
Seto Ohashi Bridges.
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Structural Type:
Suspension bridge
deck truss, gravity-anchored
Function / usage:
Motorway bridge / freeway bridge
Railroad bridge [railway bridge]
Part of: Honshu-Shikoku Bridge Project

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RoleNamePart of structure 
Design Honshu Shikoku Bridge Authority
Construction Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries
  Kawasaki Heavy Industries
  Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.
  Yokogawa Bridge Corporation
Steel construction Kobe Steel
  Nippon Steel Corporation

Technical information
DescriptionValue
Construction materials used
cables  steel
deck truss  steel
Dimensions
  main span 1 100 m
  length of side spans 2 x 274.0 m
  total length 1 723.0 m

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External LinkWikipedia: Minami Bisan-Seto Bridge English

Relevant Literature
* Chen, Wai-Fah   Bridge Engineering Handbook, CRC Press, Boca Raton (USA) , ISBN 0849374340, 1999; pp. 66-26.
* Fernández Troyano, Leonardo   Tierra sobre el agua, Colegio de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos, Madrid (Spain) , ISBN 8438001483, 1999; pp. 514-516.
* Iijima, Takeaki   Aesthetic design on the Seto Ohashi Bridge, presented at Interaction between Major Engineering Structures and the Marine Environment, IABSE Colloquium, Nyborg, 1991.
* Torres Arcila, Martha   Bridges - Ponts - Brücken, Atrium, Mexico City (Mexico) , ISBN 8495692619, 2002; pp. 126-131.
* Yashuda, Masahiko   Ten years' maintenance of Seto Ohashi Bridges, presented at Long-Span and High-Rise Structures, IABSE Symposium, Kobe, 1998.

 
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