Seto Ohashi Bridge system

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The Seto Ohashi Bridge system is a series of double-deck road-and-rail suspension and cable-stayed bridges in Japan that spans the Seto Inland Sea, linking the islands of Honshu and Shikoku.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf bridge system
road–rail bridge
transport infrastructure
alsoKnownAs Great Seto Bridge
bridgeType cable-stayed bridge
suspension bridge
truss bridge
connects Honshu
Shikoku NERFINISHED
constructionStart 1978
country Japan
crosses Seto Inland Sea
deckType double-deck
designedFor conventional railway traffic
high-speed road traffic
hasFeature earthquake-resistant design
wind-resistant design
location Kagawa Prefecture NERFINISHED
Okayama Prefecture NERFINISHED
lowerDeckCarries railway
maintainedBy Honshu-Shikoku Bridge Expressway Company
notableSpan Kita Bisan-Seto Bridge
Seto Ohashi Bridge
surface form: Minami Bisan-Seto Bridge

Seto Ohashi Bridge
surface form: Shimotsui-Seto Bridge
numberOfMainBridges 6
officialName Seto Ohashi Bridge
surface form: Seto Ohashi
opened 1988-04-10
openedToRailTraffic 1988
openedToRoadTraffic 1988
partOf Seto Ohashi Bridge
surface form: Honshu–Shikoku Bridge Project
partOfRoute Asian Highway Network
surface form: Asian Highway Network (AH1, via expressway)
passesOver Kojima Bay
purpose link Honshu and Shikoku
railComponent Honshi-Bisan Line NERFINISHED
Seto-Ōhashi Line NERFINISHED
region Seto Inland Sea
surface form: Seto Inland Sea region
roadComponent Seto-Chuo Expressway
terminusOnHonshu Kojima (Kurashiki)
surface form: Kojima, Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture
terminusOnShikoku Sakaide, Kagawa Prefecture
toll yes
totalLength about 13.1 km
upperDeckCarries expressway

Referenced by (2)

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Shikoku connectedBy Seto Ohashi Bridge system
Seto Inland Sea region hasBridgeConnection Seto Ohashi Bridge system