Kanmonkyo Bridge

The Kanmonkyo Bridge is a suspension bridge crossing the Kanmon Straits, a stretch of water separating two of Japan's four main islands.

Kanmonkyo Bridge

Carries                                      Car

Crosses                                     Kanmon Straits

Locale                                       Shimonoseki and Kitakyushu, Japan

Design                                       Suspension bridge             

Total length                               1068 metres

Main span                                 712 metres

Height (pylon)                            140.8 metres

Clearance                                  61 metres

Height                                       60 metres

Opening date                             November 14, 1973

On the Honshu side of the bridge is Shimonoseki and on the Kyushu side is Kitakyushu, whose former city and present ward, Moji, gave the strait its "mon".