Ariake Bridge

Ariake Bridge
有明大橋
Shibushi, Kagoshima, Japan
(262) feet high / (80) meters high
459 foot span / 140 meter span
1981

Completed in 1981, the steel arch Ariake Bridge is the highest span in Japan's Kagoshima Prefecture. The arch ribs of 140 meters have a very large rise from the foundations making for an unusually tall profile. The 366.9 meter long deck is composed of a 6.75 meter wide roadway with a 1.5 meter sidewalk.