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Kanmon Bridge

The Kanmon Bridge is a suspension bridge crossing the , a stretch of water separating two of 's four main islands. On the Honshū side of the bridge is and on the Kyūshū side is , whose former city and present ward, Moji, gave the strait its mon.
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  • Type: Bridge
  • Description: Suspension bridge that crosses the Strait Kanmon Strait and unites the islands of Honshū and Kyūshū of Japan.
  • Also known as: “Kanmon Kyo”, “Kanmon Kyō”, “kanmonkyo”, “Kanmonkyō”, “Kanmonkyo Bridge”, and “Kanmonkyō Bridge”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mekari Shrine and Dannoura PA.

Shinto shrine
Photo: Hide-sp, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a Shinto shrine located in , Fukuoka, . is situated 340 metres east of Kanmon Bridge.

Rest area
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is a rest area, which is situated 490 metres west of Kanmon Bridge.

Park
Photo: 설총, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a Shinto shrine in , , . It is dedicated to the child Emperor Antoku, who died in the Battle of Dan-no-ura, which occurred nearby in 1185. is situated 1 km west of Kanmon Bridge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Karato and Shimonoseki.

Quarter
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is the downtown area of the city of Shimonoseki, . Located in , it is known for its fish market.

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is a city in and the westernmost municipality on Honshu. The city has been at the center of Japanese history for centuries, but it's best known to culinary daredevils as the home of fugu, a pufferfish as cute looking as it is potentially lethal.

Suburb
is a Japanese ward of the city of in . It is the former city of Moji which was one of five merged to create Kitakyūshū in 1963.

Kanmon Bridge

Latitude
33.96168° or 33° 57′ 42″ north
Longitude
130.95878° or 130° 57′ 32″ east
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
Height
61 metres (200 feet)
Open location code
8Q5GXX65+MG
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1116301427
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­bridge
Geo­Names ID
10314966
Wiki­data ID
Q1196470
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Kanmon Bridge” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جسر كانمون”
  • Basque: “Kanmonkyo zubia”
  • Chinese: “关门桥”
  • Chinese: “關門大橋”
  • Chinese: “關門橋”
  • Czech: “most Kanmon”
  • Dutch: “Kanmonbrug”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كوبرى كانمون”
  • French: “pont Kanmon”
  • French: “Pont Kanmon”
  • German: “Kammon-Autobahn”
  • German: “Kammon-Brücke”
  • German: “Kanmon-Autobahn”
  • German: “Kanmon-Brücke”
  • Japanese: “E2A”
  • Japanese: “かんもんきょう”
  • Japanese: “和布刈トンネル”
  • Japanese: “関門橋”
  • Japanese: “関門自動車道”
  • Khmer: “ស្ពានខាន់ម៉ុងក្យូ”
  • Korean: “간몬교”
  • Literary Chinese: “Kanmon bridge”
  • Literary Chinese: “關門大橋”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kanmonkyo-broen”
  • Norwegian: “Kanmonkyo-broen”
  • Polish: “Kanmon”
  • Polish: “Most Kanmon”
  • Polish: “Most Kanmonkyo”
  • Portuguese: “Ponte Kanmon”
  • Russian: “Каммон”
  • Russian: “Канмон”
  • Russian: “Мост Каммон”
  • Spanish: “Kanmonkyo Bridge”
  • Spanish: “Kanmonkyō Bridge”
  • Spanish: “Kanmonkyō”
  • Spanish: “puente Kanmon”
  • Spanish: “Puente Kanmon”
  • Vietnamese: “Cầu Kanmon”

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