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Steel Bridges
| Item | Country | Type | Length (m) |
Width (m) |
Steel- Weight(m.t.) |
Completed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tenryugawa Railway Bridge | Japan | Warren Truss | 1,900 | 1914 | ||
| Hanshin Yodogawa Railway Bridge | Japan | Plate girder & truss | 1,300 | 1922 | ||
| Kototoi Bridge | Japan | Cantilever plate girder | 3,072 | 1928 | ||
| Kachidoki Bridge | Japan | Tied arch & bascule | 1,777 | 1939 | ||
| Gunma Bridge | Japan | Langer arch | 276 | 9 | 1,484 | 1951 |
| Saikai Bridge | Japan | Fixed braced arch | 244 | 7.5 | 1,927 | 1955 |
| Takamatsu Bridge | Japan | 11-span cantilever girder | 410 | 9 | 1,062 | 1956 |
| Wakato Bridge | Japan | 3-span suspension | 545 | 15 | 3,868 | 1962 |
| Meishin Highway Kisogawa Bridge | Japan | 3-span continuous composite girder | 1,014 | 20.8 | 5,908 | 1963 |
| Kasai Bridge | Japan | Stiffened cantilever girder | 280 | 15 | 1,975 | 1963 |
| Matsuhama Bridge | Japan | Simple Warren Truss, box girder | 921 | 11 | 3,466 | 1965 |
| Hamakita Bridge | Japan | 3-span continuous plate girder | 964.6 | 8,0 | 2,000 | 1970 |
| Takachiho Railway Bridge | Japan | 3-span continuous deck truss | 1,010 | 1971 | ||
| Shin-yoshinogawa Bridge | Japan | 3-span continuous orthotropic box girder | 426.5 | 12.3 | 2,003 | 1971 |
| Mito Bridge | Japan | 2 & 3-span continuous box girder | 482.5 | 20 | 2,649 | 1972 |
| Kanmon Bridge | Japan | 3-span suspension | 1,068 | 26 | 12,115 | 1973 |
| Tobu Akasaka Railway Bridge | Japan | Through truss | 2,359 | 1973 | ||
| Minato Bridge | Japan | 3-span continuous cantilever truss | 980 | 19.3 | 35,866 | 1974 |
| Tohoku Shinkansen Second Kitakamigawa Railway Bridge | Japan | Double track through truss | 988.2 | 10,532 | 1974 | |
| Arakawa Wangan Bridge | Japan | 7-span cantilever truss, box girder | 840 | 28.0 to 46.0 | 13,202 | 1975 |
| Ishikari Kako Bridge | Japan | Cable-stayed bridge | 1,412 | 10 | 4,258 | 1976 |
| Shin-kumamo Bridge | Japan | 3-span continuous orthotropic box girder | 444.8 | 12.8 | 2,412 | 1976 |
| Ohshima Bridge | Japan | 3-span continuous truss | 1,020 | 8.5 | 5,640 | 1976 |
| Izumiotsu Bridge | Japan | Lohse girder with single arch | 175 | 33.5 | 3,208 | 1976 |
| Suigo Bridge | Japan | 2-span continuous cable-stayed bridge | 290.5 | 24.5 | 3,517 | 1977 |
| Ohmishima Bridge | Japan | 2-hinged solid rib arch | 309.1 | 19.5 | 4,515 | 1979 |
| Wangan Edogawa Bridge | Japan | 3-span continuous orthotropic box girder | 634.9 | 15 | 4,548 | 1979 |
| Akigase Bridge | Japan | 3-span continuous box girder | 1,045 | 9.5 | 2,194 | 1980 |
| Nada Bridge | Japan | Simple composite plate girder | 456.2 | 11.5 | 1,168 | 1980 |
| Nukabira Bridge | Japan | Deck Lohse girder | 291.3 | 9.8 | 1,684 | 1981 |
| Yodogawa Bridge | Japan | 2-span continuous box girder | 699 | 7 | 2,498 | 1981 |
| Yamatogawa Bridge | Japan | Cable-stayed bridge | 653 | 25.0 to 28.0 | 14,254 | 1982 |
| Tohoku Shinkansen Arakawa Railway Bridge | Japan | Composite box girder | 521.2 | 4,751 | 1983 | |
| Seiun Bridge | Japan | Spandrel braced arch | 410 | 12.5 | 3,621 | 1984 |
| Keiyo Line Arakawa Railway Bridge | Japan | Gerber truss Langer arch | 845.6 | 9,613 | 1984 | |
| Katashinagawa Bridge | Japan | 3-span continuous deck truss | 1,033 | 18 | 10,349 | 1985 |
| Ohnaruto Bridge | Japan | 3-span suspension | 1,629 (93+330+ 876+330) |
30 | 35,110 (YBC=4,736) |
1985 |
| Aratsu Bridge | Japan | Cable-stayed | 345 | 21 | 4,826 | 1986 |
| Ohshima Bridge | Japan | Single-span suspension | 840 | 22.5 | 58,900 | 1987 |
| Torigai-ninnaji Bridge | Japan | Cable-stayed bridge | 688 | 24.3 | 5,900 | 1987 |
| lwagurojima Bridge | Japan | Cable-stayed bridge, Double deck (Highway and Railway) | 790 | 22.5 to 29.0 | 35,100 | 1988 |
| Minami Bisan-seto Bridge | Japan | Suspension bridge, Double deck (Highway and Railway) | 1,628 | 22.5 | 43,800 | 1988 |
| Yoshima Bridge | Japan | 3-span continuous truss, Double deck (Highway and Railway) | 588.3 | 20 | 25,420 | 1988 |
| Umemachi Bridge | Japan | V-leg Rigid frame | 390 | 27.5 to 45.8 | 9,903 | 1989 |
| Keiyo Line Yumenoshima Railway Bridge | Japan | 3–span continuous curved through truss bridge (Double Track) | 268 (96+93+79) | 9.4 | 2,625 (YBC=1,209) |
1989 |
| Yokohama Bay Bridge | Japan | Cable-stayed bridge | 860 | 28.54 | 26,788 (YBC=9,272) |
1989 |
| Shin-hamadera Bridge | Japan | Nielsen Lohse | 254 | 20.3 | 4,170 | 1991 |
| Sky-gate Bridge (Kansai International Airport Access Bridge) | Japan | 3-span continuous steel box girder bridge, 3-span continuous truss | Box; 327 (108+109+108)， Truss; 450 (149+150+149) |
Box; 13.5, Truss; 29.5 | Box; 7,976 (YBC=990), Truss; 9,463 (YBC=3,786) |
1990, 1991 |
| Sukematsu Junction | Japan | Continuous box girder & continuous plate girder | 520 | 7.6 to 34.3 | 5,545 | 1992 |
| Ashiya Coast, 1st Section | Japan | Box girder & composite plate girder | 518 | 27.3 to 68.8 | 6,035 | 1993 |
| Rainbow Bridge | Japan | 3-span continuous 2-hinges stiffening truss suspension bridge | 793 (111.5+570+ 111.5) |
30 | 45,500 (YBC=4,791) |
1993 |
| Tomoegawa Viaduct Bridge | Japan | 3-span continuous box girder | 299 | 18.5 to 31.9 | 3,709 | 1994 |
| Goudo Bridge | Japan | Box girder & Nielsen Lohse | 230.3 | 2@8.5 | 2,129 | 1994 |
| Ise Bay Side Highway Meiko Central Bridge West | Japan | 3-span cable-stayed | 1,170 | 34 | 6,958 | 1994 |
| Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line Bridge | Japan | Continuous steel box girder bridge | 4,384 | 22.5 to 42 | 54,500 (YBC=2,879) |
1995 |
| Sodegaura Viaduct Bridge | Japan | 4-span continuous box girder | 198 | 10 | 2,326 | 1995 |
| Sakarigawa Bridge | Japan | 5-span continuous box girder | 360 | 10 | 1,510 | 1995 |
| Karamatsu Bridge | Japan | 4-span continuous box girder | 148 (2@33+2 @40.3) |
9.75 | 359 | 1995 |
| Goshiki-sakura Bridge | Japan | Nielsen Lohse bridge (Double Deck) | 143 | 21.78 to 27.46 | 3,974 (YBC=1,557) |
1995 |
| Eto Bridge | Japan | Half-through braced arch bridge | 385 | 11.5 | 2,878 (YBC = 920) |
1995 |
| Hakucho Bridge | Japan | 3-span 2-hinges stiffening suspension bridge | 1,380 (330+720+ 330) |
2@6.75 | 3,449 (YBC=1,155) |
1996 |
| Bihoro Bridge | Japan | 6-span continuous | 384 | 9.75 | 1,608 | 1996 |
| Reconstruction Work Bridges (No.16) on Kobeline, Hanshin Expressway | Japan | 7-span continuous steel I-girder, steel piers | 216 | 19 | 1,920 | 1996 |
| Kawakita Bridge | Japan | 4-span continuous steel I girder bridge | 224 (55+56+ 56+55) |
9.25 | 312 | 1996 |
| Koremasa Bridge | Japan | Cable-stayed bridge | 410 | 12.5 | 4,235 | 1997 |
| Maizuru-uragawa Bridge | Japan | Through 3-span continuous arch | 330 (64.4+200+ 64.4) |
17.5 | 4,602 (YBC=1,287) |
1997 |
| Yatsugatake Kogen Bridge | Japan | 4–span continuous truss bridge,Simple box girder | 490 (74.2+90+ 180+ 89.1) +54 |
10.5 | 3,058 (YBC=510) |
1997 |
| Nakagawa Bridge | Japan | 4-span continuous cable-stayed bridge | 533 (58.9+75+ 113+283.9) |
22.9 | 3,187 (YBC=1,763) |
1998 |
| Akashi-kaikyo Bridge | Japan | 3-span continuous 2-hinges stiffening truss suspension bridge | 3,911 (960+1,990 +961) |
30 | Towers; 50,000 (YBC=2,716), Cables; 54,000 Stiffening girders; 86,200 (YBC=6,177) |
1998 |
| Kurushima-kaikyo No.3 Bridge | Japan | Single span 2-hinges stiffening Box girder suspension bridge | 1,030 (230+1,030 +230) |
24 | Stiffening girders; 13,249 (YBC=3,919) |
1999 |
| Tatara Bridge | Japan | 3-span continuous stiffening box deck hybrid cable-stayed bridge | 1,480 (270+890 +320) |
24.64 | Towers; 12,950, Cables; 3,700 Stiffening girders; 20,650 (YBC=4,883) |
1999 |
| Hamada Marine Bridge | Japan | 2-span continuous stiffening box deck cable-stayed bridge | 305 (199.3+104.15) |
9.75 | 3,258 (YBC=1,662) | 1999 |
| Fudosawa Bridge | Japan | Lohse bridge | 170 (17.85+133.2 +17.85) |
11 | 884 (YBC=524) |
1999 |
| Tega Bridge | Japan | Balanced arch bridge | 415 (11@37.64) |
11 | 1,766 (YBC=318) |
1999 |
| Komaki(No.22) Bridge | Japan | 4 @ 2-continuous steel box girder bridge | 210(110+100), 210 (110+100) |
22.5 to 42 | 2,785 (YBC=1,939) |
1999 |
| Shin-makiminato Bridge | Japan | 2-continuous steel deck box girder bridge | 204 (89.3+113.3) | 11.25 | 1,521 (YBC=838) |
1999 |
| Orihara Bridge | Japan | Through Lohse bridge | 129 | 17.2 | 989 (YBC=717) |
2000 |
| Kamogawa Railway Bridge | Japan | 3–span continuous through truss bridge (Double Track) | 157 (51+55+51) |
8.7 | 719 | 2000 |
| Fukurogawara Bridge | Japan | 3-continuous steel box girder bridge | 278 (82+103+91.3) |
11.75 to 14.75 | 1,731 (YBC=1,031) |
2000 |
| Kamiyama Bridge | Japan | Through Lohse bridge | 78 (76.7) | 12 | 420 | 2000 |
| Iyo Viaduct Bridge | Japan | 11-span continuous steel I girder bridge | 540 (44.75+9 @50+44.75) |
9 | 1,458 | 2000 |
| Metro Expressway BY532(2) Superstructure, piers | Japan | 5-span continuous box girder, steel piers | 262.5 | 28.95 | 2,402 | 2000 |
| Metro Expressway BY532(2) Superstructure, piers | Japan | 4-span continuous steel deck box girder | 262.0 | 28.95 | 2,554 | 2001 |
| Second Meishin Highway Ibigawa Bridge | Japan | 6-span continuous PC & steel hybrid box deck Extradosed bridge | 1,397 (154+4 @271.5+157) |
31.8 | 4,669 | 2001 |
| Yumemai Bridge | Japan | Floting arch bridge | 410 (65.7+280+65.7) |
38.8 | 2,878 (YBC=920) |
2001 |
| Shonai-yunohira Bridge | Japan | Through Lohse bridge | 162 | 8.25 | 859 (YBC=414) |
2001 |
| Tohoku Shinkansen Kitakamigawa No.5 Railway Bridge | Japan | Simple curved warren truss bridge (Double Track) | 114.5 | 10.1 | 749 (YBC=292) |
2001 |
| Kamishima Bridge | Japan | 3-span continuous steel box girder bridge | 204.6 (65.2+66.6+70.5) |
11.75 | 1,172 | 2001 |
| Kyoto-minami Bridge | Japan | 2-continuous steel deck box girder bridge | 182.18 (88.76+91.02) |
15.25 | 686 | 2001 |
| Magari No.1 Bridge | Japan | Lohse bridge | 108 (15.8+75.7+15.5) |
9.2 | 447 | 2001 |
| Kashiwagi Bridge | Japan | 4-span continuous steel I girder bridge | 202.4 (39.35+2 @66+29.35) |
10.5 | 491 | 2001 |
| Imabeppu Bridge | Japan | 3-span continuous rigid steel I girder bridge | 188.5 (48.2+81.5 +57.2) |
10.7 | 571 | 2001 |
| Ukai Bridge | Japan | 6-span continuous steel deck box girder bridge | 315 (51.6+4 @52.5+51.7) |
28.3 to 29.1 | 2,876 (YBC=1,705) |
2002 |
| Kitayama Bridge | Japan | Through Lohse bridge | 140 (137.4) | 10.2 to 10.8 | 1,245 (YBC=415) |
2002 |
| New Joban Line Arakawa Railway Bridge | Japan | 3–span continuous steel orthotropic through truss bridge (Double Track) | 450.15 (127.6+192.85 +127.6) |
8.4 | 4,810 (YBC=2,030) |
2002 |
| Kishinoura Bridge | Japan | 3-span continuous steel box girder bridge | 350 (99+150+99) |
12.1 | 1,912 (YBC=307) |
2002 |
| Naie Bridge | Japan | 5-&3-span continuous steel box girder bridge | 807 (94.35+140+170 +140+94.35) +2@82.6 |
12 | 1,224 (YBC=490) |
2002 |
| Omono Bridge | Japan | 5-span continuous open steel box girder bridge | 452 (85.8+3@95 +78.5) |
10.5 | 2,352 | 2002 |
| Mikuriya Bridge | Japan | Lohse bridge | 89 | 7 | 395 | 2002 |
| Kashii-kamome Bridge | Japan | 3-span continuous steel box girder bridge | 360 (109.4+140 +109.4) |
14.8 | 1,166 (YBC=574) |
2002 |
| Takasago Bridge | Japan | 2-span continuous cable-stayed bridge | 186.5 (111.8+73.1) | 15.8 | 1,706 | 2002 |
| Hanshin Expressway Yokoohji Section | Japan | 4-span continuous steel box girder | 216.8 | 18 | 1,145 | 2002 |
| Bando Bridge | Japan | 2-,4-,1-span continuous steel box girder,3-span continuous cable-stayed bridge | 936(54.3+90.9) +(91.2+200+91.2) +(90.9+92+92 +91.65)+35.4 |
24 to 32.8 | 12,376 (YBC=986) |
2003 |
| Kenshinko Bridge | Japan | Lohse girder with single arch | 241.4 (84.7+152.9) |
23 | 3,444 (YBC=834) |
2003 |
| Second Tomei Highway Kamigou Viaduct Bridge | Japan | 7-span continuous steel I-girder,8-span continuous box girder | 2,121.5 | 14.65 | 4,950 | 2003 |
| Second Tomei Highway Yahagigawa Bridge | Japan | 4-span continous hybrid cable-stayed bridge | 820 (174.7+2 @235+174.7 |
40 | 3,692 | 2004 |
| Kanpachi Bridge | Japan | Steel balanced arch | 305 (86.7+178+38.7) |
2@10.75 | 4,869 (YBC=2,964) |
2004 |
| Kise Highway Miyagawa Bridge | Japan | 7-span continuous truss | 537 | 9.5 | 1,807 | 2005 |
| Second Meishin Highway Shigaraki No.2 Bridge | Japan | 5-span continuous open box girder | 327.83 | 16.5 to 23.4 | 2,161 | 2005 |
| Metro Expressway HM14(A) Superstructure, piers | Japan | 5-span continuous steel deck box girder, steel piers | 506.7 | 11 | 1,432 | 2005 |
| Metro Expressway SJ63(3) Superstructure, piers | Japan | 4-span continuous steel deck box girder, steel piers | 236.7 | 9.2 | 1,082 | 2005 |
| Hanshin Expressway Takeda No. 1 Section | Japan | Simple steel deck box girder, 3-span continuous I-girder | 326.5 | 13.4 to 24 | 788 | 2006 |
| Kosaka Viaduct Bridge | Japan | 3-&4-span continuous steel deck box girder, Simple composit bridge, piers | 462 (42.5+2@42+ 53+68.5+53+52) |
16.37 | 2,805 | 2006 |
| Second Tomei Highway Fuji Viaduct(West) | Japan | 16-span continuous I-girder | 857 | 16.5 | 2,983 | 2007 |
| Ajigawa Railway Bridge | Japan | Trussed Langer | 89 (87) | 8.5 | 434 | 2007 |
| Second Tomei Highway Komakado Viaduct Bridge | Japan | 12&14 span continuous I-girder | 1,324 | 11.6 | 2,560 | 2008 |
| Nanboku-suiro Bridge | Japan | 3-span continuous steel deck box girder | 256 (76.5+100+76.5) |
33.75 | 3,769 | 2008 |
| Takashima-hizen Bridge | Japan | 5-span continuous cable-stayed bridge | 840 (75+145+ 400+145+75) |
9.75 | 4,886 (YBC=1,946) |
2009 |
| Choushi Bridge (1), (2), (4) | Japan | 4-span continuous cable-stayed bridge,steel deck box girder | 473.7 (106.3+192.6 +107.4+65.45) +96 |
10.5 | 6,335.5 (YBC=1,474) |
2009 |
