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 30 Longest Footbridge Spans
1. Sky Bridge 721, Czech Republic - 721 meters
2. Tibetan Footbridge of Canillo, Andorra - 603 meters
3. Gandaki Golden/Baglung Parbat, Nepal - 567 meters
4. 516 Arouca, Portugal - 516 meters
5. Wanjiazhai Dam, China - 500 meters
6. Charles Kunonen, Switzerland – 494 meters
7. Kushma Bungy, Nepal - (490) meters
8. Huangchuansanxia Glass, China - 460 meters
9. Rappbode Dam, Germany - 458 meters
10. Tianyundu Glass Footbridge, China - (450) meters
11. Daqingshan Glass Footbridge, China - 450 meters
12. Longguwan Glass Footbridge, China - (445) meters
13. Hongyagu Glass, China - 445 meters
14. Sochi Skybridge, Russia – 439 meters
15. Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon Glass, China – 430 meters
16. Yinzuotianmeng, China – 420 meters
17. Ulleong Sogeumsan, South Korea - 404 meters
18. Highline 179, Austria – 402 meters
19. Mishima Grand, Japan – 400 meters
20. Kokonoe Otsurihashi, Japan - 390 meters
21. Ryujin, Japan - 375 meters
22. Skywalk Sattel, Switzerland - (374 meters)
23. Bega-Banduk, Nepal - 365 meters
24. Geierlay, Germany – 360 meters
25. Kushma-Mudhikuwa, Nepal - 359 meters
26. Baiheshanzhuang Footbridge, China - 358 meters
27. Bailihuang Glass Footbridge, China - 350 meters
28. Triveni Garas, Nepal - 350 meters
29. Bunwajorghat, Nepal - 350 meters
30. Shuiyuan Footbridge, China - 342 meters
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