Konohana Bridge | |
Native Name: | 此花大橋 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Coordinates: | 34.6665°N 135.4146°W |
Carries: | Motor vehicles, pedestrians and bicycles |
Crosses: | Port of Osaka |
Locale: | Konohana-ku, Osaka, Japan |
Owner: | Osaka City |
Length: | 1570.60NaN0[1] |
Width: | 24.50NaN0 |
Height: | 98.60NaN0 |
Mainspan: | 3000NaN0 |
Builder: | Hitachi Zosen, MHI, Yokogawa Bridge, KHI[2] |
Begin: | 1979 |
Complete: | March 1990 |
The is a self-anchored suspension bridge located in Osaka, Japan. Opened for traffic in 1990, it has a main span of 300m (1,000feet). The bridge's unusual design has only a single main cable. At the time of its completion it was the largest self-anchored suspension bridge in the world. Its centre span has been tied by the Yeongjong Grand Bridge in Korea which has slightly larger side spans. As of late 2012, the single tower eastern span replacement of the San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge has a longer span of 385m (1,263feet).