Perez

Clare Pérez

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 * 1) What is the name of the bridge? **The name of the bridge that I researched is The Akashi-Kaikyo bridge.**
 * 2) When and where was the bridge built? **The Akashi-Kaikyo bridge was built in Japan and it was finished being built in 1998.**
 * 3) What is the purpose of this bridge? What does it span and what does it connect? ** The purpose of this bridge is to act as a main link from the city of Kobe to the Awaji Islands. It has a span of 1,991meters.**
 * 4) Why was this bridge needed? ** Not only was this bridge a major link between Kobe and Awaji Islands, it also acts as a highway, with a toll of 5,000 yen.**
 * 5) What type of bridge is it (arch, suspension, cable, beam, etc.)? **- The Akashi-Kaikyo bridge is a suspension bridge, which is a bridge that is hung below suspension cables.**
 * 6) How much did it cost? **- The Akashi-Kaikyo bridge cost 500 billion yen, which is about 50,000 U.S. Dollars.**
 * 7) What materials were used to build this bridge? **--- The Akashi-Kaikyo bridge used 5,000 ton per cable, 200,000 ton in steel materials, and 1,250,000 concrete used.**
 * 8) What were some of the special challenges that the bridge engineers faced? How did they overcome these challenges? ** The only challenge that the engineers faced was making sure that the bridge could withstand an 8.5 earthquake. The reason they did this is because the first Akashi-Kaikyo bridge fell apart because of a big earthquake.**
 * 9) How long did it take to build this bridge? ** It took ten years to build the Akashi-Kaikyo bridge, from 1988 to 1998.**
 * 10) What are the measurements of this bridge? **- The Akashi-Kaikyo bridge is 282.8 meters in height, 65.72 meters in clearance below, and 3,911 meters in length.**
 * 11) Did you find any fun or interesting facts or stories about this bridge? **- There is a couple interesting things about the Akashi-Kaikyo bridge. It has the tallest bridge towers in the world, and it is the longest suspension bridge in the world. Not only that, but it also is 1.4 times as large as the Golden Gate bridge in San Francisco.**