Akashi Kaikyō Bridge

The Akashi Kaikyo Bridge is a suspension bridge that links the city of on the Japanese island of and Iwaya, Awaji on . It is part of the Kobe-Awaji-Naruto Expressway, and crosses the busy and turbulent .
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  • Type: Bridge
  • Description: suspension bridge in Kobe, Japan
  • Also known as: “Akashi Kaikyo Bridge”, “Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge”, and “Pearl Bridge”
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall and Akashi Kaikkyo Bridge Exhibition Center.

Museum
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is a museum, which is situated 2 km northeast of Akashi Kaikyō Bridge.

Museum
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is a museum, which is situated 2 km northeast of Akashi Kaikyō Bridge.

Fort
Photo: 流しのインストーラ, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Tokushima Domain Matsuho Battery was a Bakumatsu period coastal artillery battery erected by Tokushima Domain on the coast of what is now the Iwaya neighborhood of the city of , in the of Japan. is situated 2 km southwest of Akashi Kaikyō Bridge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tarumi-ku and Akashi.

Suburb
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Tarumi is one of nine wards of , . It has an area of 26.89 km2, and a population of 219,958. Tarumi is a suburban area in western Kobe, providing residential towns for commuters to downtown Kobe and even . is situated 3½ km northeast of Akashi Kaikyō Bridge.

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is a city in southern , Japan. As of 1 February 2024, the city had an estimated population of 305,925 in 137,288 households and a population density of 6,200 people per km2. The total area of the city is 49.42 square kilometres.

Akashi Kaikyō Bridge

Latitude
34.61685° or 34° 37′ 1″ north
Longitude
135.02106° or 135° 1′ 16″ east
Inception
September 18th, 1996
Open location code
8Q6QJ28C+PC
Open­Street­Map ID
way 400448368
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­bridge
Geo­Names ID
8030271
Wiki­data ID
Q184213
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Akashi Kaikyō Bridge” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جسر أكاشي كايكو”
  • Armenian: “Ակասի Կայկիո”
  • Azerbaijani: “Akaşi Kaikyo körpüsü”
  • Azerbaijani: “Akaşi Kaykyo körpüsü”
  • Bashkir: “Акаси-Кайкё”
  • Basque: “Akashi Kaikyō zubia”
  • Belarusian: “Акасі-Кайкё”
  • Bengali: “আকাশি কাইকিও সেতু”
  • Breton: “Pont Akashi Kaikyō”
  • Bulgarian: “Акаши Кайкио”
  • Bulgarian: “Акаши Кайкьо”
  • Bulgarian: “Мост Акаши Кайкио”
  • Burmese: “အခါရှိ ခိုင်ခရော တံတား”
  • Catalan: “Akashi-Kaikyō Ōhashi”
  • Catalan: “Gran pont d’Akayashi Kaikyo”
  • Catalan: “Pont Akashi-Kaikyo”
  • Catalan: “Pont Akayashi Kaikyo”
  • Catalan: “Pont d’Akayashi Kaikyo”
  • Chinese: “明石大橋”
  • Chinese: “明石海峡大桥”
  • Chinese: “明石海峽大橋”
  • Chuvash: “Акаси-Кайкё”
  • Croatian: “Most Akashi Kaikyo”
  • Czech: “Most Akaši-Kaikjó”
  • Danish: “Akashi-Kaiko”
  • Danish: “Akashi-Kaikyo broen”
  • Danish: “Akashi-Kaikyo-broen”
  • Dutch: “Akashi-Kaikyo brug”
  • Dutch: “Akashi-Kaikyo-brug”
  • Dutch: “Akashi-Kaikyō-brug”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كوبرى اكاشى كايكيو”
  • Esperanto: “Ponto Akashi-Kaikyō”
  • Esperanto: “Ponto Akaŝi-Kaikjō”
  • Estonian: “Akashi-Kaikyo maanteesild”
  • Estonian: “Akashi-Kaikyō maanteesild”
  • Estonian: “Akashi-Kaikyo rippsild”
  • Estonian: “Akashi-Kaikyō rippsild”
  • Estonian: “Akashi-Kaikyo sild”
  • Estonian: “Akashi-Kaikyō sild”
  • Finnish: “Akashi-Kaikyon silta”
  • Finnish: “Akashi-kaikyōn silta”
  • Finnish: “Akashi-Kaikyōn silta”
  • French: “Akashi Kaikyō ōhashi”
  • French: “pont Akashi-Kaikyō”
  • French: “pont Akashi”
  • French: “pont d’Akashi”
  • French: “pont du détroit d’Akashi”
  • French: “Pont du détroit d’Akashi”
  • Galician: “Ponte Akashi Kaikyō”
  • Georgian: “აკაში-კაიკიოს ხიდი”
  • German: “Akashi-Kaikyo-Brücke”
  • German: “Akashi-Kaikyō-Brücke”
  • Greek: “Γέφυρα Ακάσι-Καϊκιό”
  • Hebrew: “גשר אקשי קאיקו”
  • Hebrew: “גשר אקשי קאיקיו”
  • Hebrew: “גשר אקשי-קייקיו”
  • Hebrew: “גשר הפנינה”
  • Hindi: “अकाशी कैक्यो पुल”
  • Hungarian: “Akasi Kaikjó híd”
  • Indonesian: “Akashi-Kaikyo”
  • Indonesian: “Jembatan Akashi Kaikyo”
  • Indonesian: “Jembatan Akashi-Kaikyo”
  • Indonesian: “Jembatan Akashi-Kaikyō”
  • Indonesian: “Jembatan Akashi-Kakiyo”
  • Irish: “Droichead Akashi-Kaikyo”
  • Italian: “Akashi Bridge”
  • Italian: “Akashi Kaikyo Bridge”
  • Italian: “Ponte Akashi-Kaikyo”
  • Italian: “Ponte dello stretto di Akashi”
  • Italian: “Ponte di Akashi-Kaikyo”
  • Japanese: “Akashi Kaikyō ōhashi”
  • Japanese: “あかしかいきょうおおはし”
  • Japanese: “パールブリッジ”
  • Japanese: “明石海峡大橋”
  • Kazakh: “Акаши-Кайкё көпірі”
  • Korean: “아카시 대교”
  • Korean: “아카시 해협 대교”
  • Latvian: “Akaši Kaikjo tilts”
  • Latvian: “Akaši šauruma tilts”
  • Lithuanian: “Didysis Akašio sąsiaurio tiltas”
  • Luxembourgish: “Akashi-Kaikyo-Bréck”
  • Luxembourgish: “Akashi-Kaikyō-Bréck”
  • Macedonian: “Акаши-Каикјо”
  • Macedonian: “Акаши-Кајкјо”
  • Malay: “Jambatan Akashi-Kaikyō”
  • Mongolian: “Акаши-Кайкё гүүр”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Akashi-Kaikyo-broen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Akashi-Kaikyo-brua”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Akashi-Kaikyo-brua”
  • Norwegian: “Akashi-Kaikyo-broen”
  • Persian: “پل آکاشی کای کیو”
  • Polish: “Akashi Kaikyo Bridge”
  • Polish: “Akashi Kaikyo”
  • Polish: “Akashi-Kaikyo”
  • Polish: “Most Akashi Kaikyo”
  • Polish: “Most Akashi Kaikyō”
  • Portuguese: “Grande Ponte do Estreito de Akashi”
  • Portuguese: “Ponte Akashi-Kaikyo”
  • Portuguese: “Ponte do Estreito de Akashi”
  • Romanian: “Podul Akashi-Kaikyo”
  • Russian: “Акаси-Кайке”
  • Russian: “Акаси-Кайкё”
  • Russian: “Акаши-Кайкио”
  • Russian: “Мост Акаси-Кайке”
  • Russian: “Мост Акаси-Кайкё”
  • Russian: “Мост Акаши Кайкё”
  • Scots: “Akashi Kaikyō Brig”
  • Serbian: “Бисерни мост”
  • Serbian: “Мост Акаши-каикјо”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Akashi Kaikyo”
  • Slovak: “Akaši-kaikjó óhaši”
  • Slovak: “Most Akaši-Kaikjó”
  • Slovenian: “Most Akaši-Kaikjo”
  • Somali: “Akashi Kaikyo Bridge”
  • South Azerbaijani: “آکاشی کایکیو کؤپرۆسۆ”
  • South Azerbaijani: “آکاشی کایکیو کؤرپوسو”
  • Spanish: “Akashi kaikyo Oohashi”
  • Spanish: “Akashi kaikyō Oohashi”
  • Spanish: “Akashi-kaikyo Oohashi”
  • Spanish: “Akashi-kaikyō Oohashi”
  • Spanish: “Gran Puente de Akashi Kaikyo”
  • Spanish: “Gran Puente de Akashi Kaikyō”
  • Spanish: “Gran Puente del Estrecho de Akashi”
  • Spanish: “Puente Akashi Kaikyo”
  • Spanish: “Puente Akashi-Kaikyo”
  • Spanish: “Puente Akayashi Kaikyo”
  • Spanish: “Puente del estrecho de Akashi”
  • Sundanese: “Sasak Akashi Kaikyō”
  • Sundanese: “Sasak Akashi-Kaikyo”
  • Sundanese: “Sasak Mutiara”
  • Swedish: “Akashi Kaikio-bron”
  • Swedish: “Akashi Kaikyo-bron”
  • Swedish: “Akashi Kaikyō-bron”
  • Swedish: “Akashi Kaikyobron”
  • Swedish: “Akashi-Kaikyo-bron”
  • Tagalog: “Tulay ng Akashi Kaikyō”
  • Tamil: “அகாசி கைக்ஜோ”
  • Tatar: “Akashi-Kaikyo küpere”
  • Tatar: “Akashi-Kaikyō küpere”
  • Tatar: “Akaşi-Kaikyö küpere”
  • Thai: “สะพานไข่มุก”
  • Thai: “สะพานอากาชิไคเกียว”
  • Turkish: “Akashi Kaikyo Köprüsü”
  • Turkish: “Akashi Kaikyō Köprüsü”
  • Turkish: “Akaşi Kaikyo Köprüsü”
  • Ukrainian: “Акасі-Кайкьо”
  • Ukrainian: “Акаші-Кайкйо”
  • Ukrainian: “Великий міст Акасі-Кайкьо”
  • Ukrainian: “Великий міст протоки Акасі”
  • Ukrainian: “Міст Акасі-Кайкьо”
  • Vietnamese: “Cầu Akashi Kaikyo”
  • Vietnamese: “Cầu Akashi-Kaikyo”
  • Vietnamese: “Cầu Akashi-Kaikyō”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Tulay nga Akashi Kaikyō”
  • Western Frisian: “Akashi-Kaikyo Brêge”
  • Western Frisian: “Akashi-Kaikyō Brêge”
  • Wu Chinese: “明石海峡大桥”
  • Yakut: “Акаси-Кайкүө күргэтэ”
  • Yakut: “Акаси-Кайкүө муостата”
  • Yue Chinese: “明石海峽大橋”

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