Kanmon Bridge
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The Kanmon Bridge (関門橋, Kanmonkyō) (Asian Highway Network 
AH1) is a suspension bridge crossing the Kanmon Straits, a stretch of water separating two of Japan's four main islands. On the Honshū side of the bridge is Shimonoseki (下関, which contributed Kan to the name of the strait) and on the Kyūshū side is Kitakyushu, whose former city and present ward, Moji (門司), gave the strait its mon.
Construction began in 1968 and was completed in 1973.[1] The Kanmon Bridge was opened to vehicles on November 14, 1973 and connected to the Kyūshū Expressway on March 27, 1984. It is among the 50 largest suspension bridges in the world with a central length of 1,068 metres (3,504 feet).
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[edit]- ↑ "The Kanmon Bridge — A Key Transportation Link Between Honshu and Kyushu Crossing the Kanmon Strait | March 2024 | Highlighting Japan". www.gov-online.go.jp. Retrieved 2026-03-04.
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