Yokohama Bay Bridge

Yokohama Bay Bridge
Coordinates	35°27′18.36″N 139°40′27.31″E / 35.4551000°N 139.6742528°ECoordinates: 35°27′18.36″N 139°40′27.31″E / 35.4551000°N 139.6742528°E
Carries	3 lanes of Bayshore Route (upper), 1 lane of National Route 357 (lower), pedestrians and bicycles
Crosses	Port of Yokohama
Locale	between Honmoku and Daikoku Pier, Naka-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa
Characteristics
Design	Cable-stayed
Total length	860 m (2,821.5 ft)[1]
Width	40.2 m (131.9 ft)
Height	172 m (564.3 ft)
Longest span	460 m (1,509.2 ft)[1]
Clearance above	Higher truck loads possible
Clearance below	55 m (180.4 ft)
History
Opened	September 27, 1989

Yokohama Bay Bridge at dawn

The Yokohama Bay Bridge (横浜ベイブリッジ Yokohama Bei Buridji) is an 860-metre-long cable stayed bridge in Yokohama, Japan. Opened September 27, 1989, it crosses Tokyo Bay with a span of 460 metres (1,510 feet). The toll is ¥600. The bridge is part of the Bayshore Route of the Shuto Expressway.

Notes

1. "Yokohama Bay Bridge". Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transportation and Tourism (MLIT). Retrieved 2010-07-10.

External links

• Media related to Yokohama Bay Bridge at Wikimedia Commons