| Akinada Bridge | |
| Native Name: | 安芸灘大橋 |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Carries: | Motor vehicles, pedestrians and bicycles |
| Crosses: | Seto Inland Sea |
| Locale: | Kure, Hiroshima, Japan |
| Maint: | Hiroshima Prefecture Road Corporation |
| Design: | Suspension bridge |
| Length: | 11750NaN0 |
| Width: | 12.70NaN0 |
| Height: | 119.450NaN0 |
| Mainspan: | 7500NaN0 |
| Below: | 400NaN0 at mid-span |
| Coordinates: | 34.2061°N 132.6794°W |
The is a suspension bridge in Kure, Hiroshima, Japan that crosses the Seto Inland Sea. Completed in 1999, it has a main span of 750m (2,460feet).[1] The first and largest bridge on the Akinada Tobishima Kaido, it was constructed by Penta-Ocean Construction, at a cost of 50 billion yen.[2]
The bridge was opened to traffic on 18 January 2000. The bridge is part of Hiroshima Prefecture Route 74, a route that begins in Honshu and crosses over the Seto Inland Sea via the Akinada Bridge to Shimo-kamagari Island to the south. The bridge is tolled and operated by the Hiroshima Prefecture Road Corporation. It is the longest bridge in Japan to be maintained by a prefecture.[3] The average daily traffic volume on the bridge was 4,000 vehicles by May 2000, far exceeding the expected volume of 2,400 vehicles using it every day.