Major steel bridge "Akaski Kaikyo Bridge" and details of structural steel members utilized for construction with their specifications and features
I ntroduction to Akaski Kaikyo Bridge: Facts of Akashi Kaikyo Suspension Bridge: The bridge is so long, it would take eight years Towers laid end to end to span the same distance. The length of the cables used in the bridge totals 300,000 kilometres. That's enough to circle the earth 7 times! The bridge was originally designed to be 12,825 feet. But on January 17, 1995, the Great Hanshin Earthquake stretched the bridge an additional three feet. The bridge holds three records: it is the longest, tallest, and most expensive suspension bridge ever built. Over 2 million workers, billions of dollars, 181,000 tons of steel and 1.4 million cubic meters of concrete were used in its construction Its foundation is as deep as a 20 storey apartment blocks, towers almost as tall as the Eiffel towers in Paris. Its span is nearly 2 km (1/3 times more than any other suspension bridge built ever before) Theor...