Mishima Skywalk
Mishima Skywalk
三島スカイウォーク
Mishima, Shizuoka, China
230 feet high / 70 meters high
1,312 foot span / 400 meter span
2015
Japan's longest span footbridge was completed in 2015 and surpassed the previous record holder the Kokonoe "Yume" Otsurihashi Footbridge that opened in 2006 with a span of 390 meters.
Like all succesful tourist footbridges, the Mishima Skywalk has a close proximity to a popular tourist spot. In this case Mount Fuji, the most famous natural landmark in Japan.
Of course the Japanese are no strangers to high and long footbridges. Prior to Ryujin and Kokonoe, one of the country’s longest suspension footbridges was the 1984-built Teruha bridge in Aya with a tower to tower distance of 820 feet (250 mtrs). At the time Aya also held Japan’s bridge height record at 466 feet (142 mtrs). Other high footbridges in Japan include the Ueno Skybridge some 295 feet (90 mtrs) above a forested valley and the Tanise suspension bridge 177 feet (54 mtrs) high with a length of 974 feet (297 mtrs). Constructed in Totsukawa, Nara prefecture in 1954, Tanise is one of Japan’s oldest suspension footbridges and is unusual for having two separate sets of main support cables.
World's 25 Longest Footbridge Spans
1. Baglung Parbat, Nepal - 567 meters
2. 516 Arouca, Portugal - 516 meters
3. Wanjiazhai Dam, China - 500 meters
4. Charles Kunonen, Switzerland – 494 meters
5. Kushma Bungy, Nepal - (490) meters
6. Huangchuansanxia Glass, China - 460 meters
7. Rappbode Dam, Germany - 458 meters
8. Daqingshan Glass Footbridge, China - 450 meters
9. Longguwan Glass Footbridge, China - (445) meters
10. Hongyagu Glass, China - 445 meters
11. Sochi Skybridge, Russia – 439 meters
12. Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon Glass, China – 430 meters
13. Tianyundu Glass Footbridge, China - (420) meters
14. Yinzuotianmeng, China – 420 meters
15. Highline 179, Austria – 402 meters
16. Mishima Grand, Japan – 400 meters
17. Kokonoe Otsurihashi, Japan - 390 meters
18. Ryujin, Japan - 375 meters
19. Skywalk Sattel, Switzerland - (374 meters)
20. Geierlay, Germany – 360 meters
21. Kushma-Mudhikuwa, Nepal - 359 meters
22. Baiheshanzhuang Footbridge, China - 358 meters
23. Bailihuang Glass Footbridge, China - 350 meters
24. Triveni Garas, Nepal - 350 meters
25. Bunwajorghat, Nepal - 350 meters
26. Shuiyuan Footbridge, China - 342 meters
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