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. Hongyagu Glass, China - 445 meters

10. Sochi Skybridge, Russia – 439 meters

11. Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon Glass, China – 430 meters

12. Tianyundu Glass Footbridge, China - (420) meters

13. Yinzuotianmeng, China – 420 meters

14. Highline 179, Austria – 402 meters

15. Mishima Grand, Japan – 400 meters

16. Kokonoe Otsurihashi, Japan - 390 meters

17. Ryujin, Japan - 375 meters

18. Skywalk Sattel, Switzerland - (374 meters)

19. Geierlay, Germany – 360 meters

20. Kushma-Mudhikuwa, Nepal - 359 meters

21. Baiheshanzhuang Footbridge, China - 358 meters

22. Bailihuang Glass Footbridge, China - 350 meters

23. Triveni Garas, Nepal - 350 meters

24. Bunwajorghat, Nepal - 350 meters

25. Shuiyuan Footbridge, China - 342 meters

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