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= Eshima Ohashi Bridge = The Eshima Ohashi Bridge is a two-lane concrete road bridge that links the city of Matsue in Shimane Prefecture to Sakaiminato in Tottori Prefecture, in Japan. At a total length of 1.7 km, of which the bridge part is 1.44 km long, and a width of 11.3 meters, it is the largest rigid frame bridge in Japan and the third largest in the world. There are plenty of bridges all over the world, people might wonder what makes Eshima Ohashi Bridge so special. In fact, from the past to present, bridges have always been a most helpful and important infrastructure which not only provides the opportunity for economic development but also improve city’s quality of our neighborhood.

Views from Both Local Citizens and Tourists
Besides, with its own out-framed design, the bridge captures the global attention, which not only attracts a huge number of tourists to come visit but also is used for multiples commercial use, such as a vehicles’ advertisement. In “Eshima Ohashi bridge: This bridge in Japan is like something out of Mario Kart,” Christopher Hooton reported that “The Eshima Ohashi bridge in Japan is so vertiginous that ships can pass underneath it. It looks as though it should serve as a speed ramp connecting Mario Circuit with Rainbow Road, but in fact connects the cities of Matsue and Sakaiminato, spanning a mile across Lake Nakaumi. It has a gradient of 6.1 percent on the Shimane Prefecture side and 5.1 percent on the Tottori Prefecture side, making it appear like the apex of a rollercoaster.” Hooton, Christopher. “Eshima Ohashi Bridge: This Bridge in Japan Is like Something out of Mario Kart.” Although the slope of Eshima Ohashi is not the kind of design what we were imagined, these advertisements increase global attention to the bridge.

World’s Longest Suspension Bridge in Japan- The Akashi Kaikyo Bridge
Japan has been developing all kinds of infrastructure from the past to the present, in addition, most of their project’s designs are not limited by any our knowledge or definition to any item. “The Akashi Kaikyo Bridge, also known in Japan as the Pearl Bridge, has a record main span of 1,991 meters. By comparison, the bridge is 366 meters (almost Â¼ mile) longer than the previous record holder, the StoreBaelt (East Bridge) in Denmark, which was also opened in 1998. The Akashi Kaikyo Bridge is also 580 meters longer than the Humber Bridge in England, constructed in 1981; 692 meters longer than the longest suspension bridge in the United States, the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in New York, built in 1964; and 710 meters longer than the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, constructed in 1937. It cost an estimated 500 billion Japanese yen (U.S. $3.6billion) to build the bridge. Construction began in 1988 and involved more than 100 contractors.” Comparing both Akashi Kaikyo and Eshima Ohshi Bridge, the similarity between these two bridges is that they both impressed and captured attention globally.

History of The Cape May County Bridge
In the example of Cape May County, people could easily understand the purpose and meaning of the bridge to citizens. The article of Bridge History described, “The Cape May County Bridge Commission was created by the Board of Chosen Freeholders of the county of Cape May pursuant to N.J.S.A. 27 19-26. The Commission’s 1st meeting was held in February 1934 with the express purpose of having the means to apply for funds from the Federal Government to construct publicly owned coastal highway toll bridges and highway approaches. The intent of the Commission was to finance, construct, maintain and operate toll bridges within the county of Cape May. Cape May County.”

Project of DTOT V.S Eshima Ohashi Bridge
Another outstanding and impressive example of Bridge’s plan in LA, DTOT (Department of Transportation and Development) performed their bridge plan as the first project for environmental improvement which has a similar purpose of Eshima Ohashi Bridge, in the plan, they explained that, “This project will replace our sinking highway by constructing one of the longest bridges in Louisiana and the Americas. When complete the LA 1 Bridge will be almost as long as the nearby Pontchartrain Bridge in New Orleans, generally regarded as the world’s longest bridge. The project will be built in phases as funding permits, with the most critical sections of the project (the southernmost) built first. The first 9 miles of construction is now complete and the portion of the bridge from Leeville to Port Fourchon is open.” {{cite web}The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development. “The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development.” LA1 Project, www8.dotd.la.gov/La1Project/.}

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