Great Seto Bridge:

Honshu-Shikoku Bridge authority(ed)

Editore: Sanyo Movie Co LTD, Toppan Printing Com LTD, 1988

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Book in slip cover, Japanese and English The Great Seto Bridge, or Seto-Ohashi Bridge, is a series of double deck bridges connecting Okayama and Kagawa prefectures in Japan across a series of five small islands in the Seto Inland Sea. Built over the period 1978 1988, it is one of the three routes of the Honshū-Shikoku Bridge Project connecting Honshū and Shikoku islands. At 13.1 km long, it ranks as the world's longest two-tiered bridge system.Crossing the bridge takes about 20 minutes by car or train. The ferry crossing before the bridge was built took about an hour. The non-discounted toll from Kojima, Kurashiki (Okayama Prefecture on the Honshū side) to Sakaide (Kagawa Prefecture on the Shikoku side) is ¥3,500, and vice-versa.The bridges carry two lanes of highway traffic in each direction (Seto-Chūō Expressway) on the upper deck and one railway track in each direction (Seto-Ōhashi Line) on the lower deck. The lower deck was designed to accommodate an additional Shinkansen rail line in each direction.

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• Titolo: Great Seto Bridge:
• Editore: Sanyo Movie Co LTD, Toppan Printing Com LTD
• Data di pubblicazione: 1988
• Rilegatura: Hardcover
• Edizione: 1st Edition
• Condizione: As New
• Condizione della sovraccoperta: As New