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Type cable stay bridge Height 1,480m Steel c.30,000t Completed May, 1999 Owner Honshu-Shikoku Bridge Authority With a center span of 890m, 34m longer than France's Normandy Bridge, the Tatara Bridge became the world's longest cable stayed bridge when it opened on May 1, 1999. PC box girders are used on the ends of the side spans making this a unique composite structure.	Type curved 5 span continuous V-pier Rhamen Height 360m Steel 2,952 Completed 1994 Owner Yamanashi Prefecture Located deep in the beautiful Nishizawa Valley, this bridge is an example of modern structural beauty with its long continuous curve.
Height 123m Steel 2,091t/tower Completed 1991 Owner Honshu-Shikoku Bridge Authority The Ikuchi Bridge utilizes a unique composite design. The center span uses a light-weight and strong steel girder, while the shorter side spans are heavier prestressed concrete sections which act as counterweights. While it is not the only bridge to utilize such a composite design, with its center span of 490m it is the world's longest combined steel and concrete deck cable stayed bridge.	Type 3 span continuous suspension bridge Height 3,911m Steel 96,200t Completed April, 1998 Owner Honshu-Shikoku Bridge Authority The Akashi Kaikyo Bridge is currently the world's longest suspension bridge and boasts the world's largest center span at 1991m. The original design of the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge was for a total length of 3990m with a center span of 1990m, but disaster struck January 17, 1995 at 5:46 in the form of the Great Hanshin Earthquake. Not only did the earthquake deliver a terrible blow to the city of Kobe, but it moved the main towers of the Akashi bridge approximately 80cm apart as well as shifting them horizontaly and causing one to sink and the other to rise a small amount.
Type Lohse arch Height 130m Steel 137t Completed 1993 Owner Sports Nippon Osaka Service Co., Ltd. The 14th hole at the Sports Nippon Country Club golf course is a short hole that crosses a deep valley. The elegant arch which leads to the green has seen the joy of those who get on the green as well as the grief of those who fell victim to the deep ravine.	Type Steel deck box girder Height 31m Steel 334 Completed 1992 Owner Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd. Takenaka Corp. Takenaka Civil Engineering and Construction Co., Ltd. Mitsubishi Construction Co., Ltd.