I. Introduction method of new research, together with a new kind of concrete result of a mixture The Akashi Kaikyō Bridge, also of different water resistant cements and known as the Akashi Strait Bridge or erosion. The depth of a 20-storey Pearl Bridge, is a suspension bridge apartment can be considered equivalent located in Japan. It consists of three to the depth of the foundations of the spans which connects the city of Kobe bridge. (Honshu) to Iwaya (Awaji Island) crossing Akashi Strait. It is known to have the Two main supporting towers were longest central span of any suspension built standing 297 m (975 ft). The central bridge in the world, at 1991 m (6,532 ft; span was originally designed to be 1,990 1.237 mi) since it opened on April 5, 1998. m (6,529 ft) long, but the Kobe earthquake of 1995 forced the two It was designed by Engineer towers, which were still under Satoshi Kashima and built by Matsuo construction, 1 m (3 ft) farther apart. Bridge Company. In the two main pylons of the bridge, 20 tuned-mass dampers were
placed pivoting in the direction opposite II. History to the wind effectively balancing the bridge. Before the Akashi Kaikyō Bridge was built, ferries were the means of Strengthening beams with two transportation in order to cross the hinges were also installed. This Akashi Strait. It stands in a seismically dual-hinged stiffening girder system unstable region and it also experiences allows the structure to withstand winds some of the Earth’s most severe storms. of 290 kph, earthquakes with a magnitude of up to 8.5 on the Richter In 1955, the Shiun Maru disaster scale and strong currents. occurred where two ferries sank during a tremendous storm, killing 168 people. References: This convinced the Japanese https://en.wikiarquitectura.com/building/ government to develop plans for a akashi-kaikyo-bridge/ bridge to cross the strait. https://www.roadtraffic-technology.com/ projects/akashi-kaikyo-bridge-strait-jap III. Construction Details an/
The construction of the Akashi https://www.britannica.com/topic/Akashi Kaikyō Bridge began in May 1988 and -Strait-Bridge took nearly ten years to complete.
The foundations of the bridge were well designed to cope with strong earthquakes through a seismic design
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