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Coordinates: 35°31′9″N 133°12′0″E

Eshima Ohashi Bridge

Eshima Ohashi Bridge
Eshima Ohashi Bridge
(Japanese: 江 島 大 橋 ) is a rigid-
江島⼤橋
frame bridge in Japan that
connects Matsue, Shimane
Prefecture and Sakaiminato,
Tottori Prefecture over Nakaumi
lake. It was built from 1997 to
2004. It is the largest rigid-frame
Looking towards the bridge entrance
bridge in Japan and the third
from the Shimane Prefecture side
largest in the world.[1] Images of
the bridge have widely circulated
The Eshima Ohashi Bridge from the
on the internet, due to it appearing very steep from a short distance, but in
side
actuality the Shimane side has a gradient of 6.1% and Tottori side of 5.1%.[2] Coordinates 35°31′9″N 133°12′0″E
Crosses Nakaumi
References Locale Shimane and Tottori
prefectures
1. Golgowski, Nina. "Japan's Eshima Ohashi bridge appears not for the
faint-hearted drivers" (http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/japan-esh Maintained Sakaiminato
ima-ohashi-bridge-not-faint-hearted-article-1.2204044). NY Daily News. by management
Retrieved 25 May 2016. association
2. Wallace, Allison. "Japan's 'rollercoaster bridge' " (https://web.archive.org/
Characteristics
web/20150927053416/https://au.totaltravel.yahoo.com/news/a/2746630
2/japans-rollercoaster-bridge/). Yahoo! Travel. Archived from the original Total length 1.7 km
(https://au.totaltravel.yahoo.com/news/a/27466302/japans-rollercoaster-b Width 11.3 m
ridge/) on 27 September 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
Height 44.7 m
Longest 250 m
External links span
Media related to Eshima Ohashi Bridge at Wikimedia Commons History
Construction 1997
start
Construction 2004
end

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