The Great Seto Bridge (Seto Ohashi in Japanese) is a series of suspension bridges linking the islands of Honshu and Shikoku across a series of small islands in the Seto inland sea, built over the period 1978 - 1988. It includes the first suspension bridges designed to carry railroad traffic, and forms a section of the Seto-Chuo Expressway. Golden Gate Bridge, California, USA A suspension bridge is a bridge that consists of two multiple column pillars (or pylons), one on either end of the central span, with two or more cables slung between them. ... Honshū (本州) is the largest island of Japan, called the Mainland; it is south of Hokkaido across the Tsugaru Strait, north of Shikoku across the Inland Sea, and north-east of Kyushu across the Shimonoseki Strait. ... Shikoku (四国, four provinces) is the smallest and least populous of the four main islands of Japan. ... The Inland Sea and its major straits with the bay of Osaka (dashed) Formally named the Seto Inland Sea (瀬戸内海 Seto Naikai), the Inland Sea is the body of water separating Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu, three of the main islands of Japan. ... Events January January 1 - The Copyright Act of 1976 takes effect, making sweeping changes to United States copyright law. ... 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Seto (瀬戸市; -shi) is a city located in Aichi, Japan. ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...
Bridges built during the Middle Ages usually rested on crude stone arches with heavy piers (intermediate supports) that were a great obstruction to river traffic, and their roadways were often lined with small shops.
A cantilever bridge is formed by self-supporting arms anchored at and projecting toward one another from the ends; they meet in the middle of the span where they are connected together or support a third member.
He also designed the Brooklyn Bridge across the East River (completed 1883), which was the world’s longest suspension bridge at the time of its construction, having a main span of 1,595.5 ft (487 m).
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