Kanmon Bridge

Suspension bridge that crosses the Strait Kanmon Strait and unites the islands of Honshū and Kyūshū of Japan.
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Kanmon Bridge

Summary

Kanmon Bridge is a suspension bridge[1]. It draws 52 Wikipedia views per month (suspension_bridge category, ranking #60 of 199).[2]

Key Facts

  • Kanmon Bridge received the The Japan Society of Civil Engineers Tanaka Prize[3].
  • Kanmon Bridge is located in Shimonoseki[4].
  • Kanmon Bridge is located in Moji-ku[5].
  • Kanmon Bridge is in the country of Japan[6].
  • Kanmon Bridge's traffic sign is recorded as KANMON EXP(E2A).svg[7].
  • Kanmon Bridge's traffic sign is recorded as Kanmonkyo Bridge Route Sign.svg[8].
  • Kanmon Bridge's transport network is recorded as National Expressway[9].
  • Kanmon Bridge's image is recorded as Kanmonkyo bridge small.jpg[10].
  • Kanmon Bridge's instance of is recorded as suspension bridge[11].
  • Kanmon Bridge's instance of is recorded as road bridge[12].
  • Kanmon Bridge's instance of is recorded as toll road[13].
  • Kanmon Bridge's instance of is recorded as toll bridge[14].
  • Kanmon Bridge's instance of is recorded as cross-sea bridge[15].
  • Kanmon Bridge's maintained by is recorded as West Nippon Expressway Company Kyushu Branch[16].
  • Kanmon Bridge's crosses is recorded as Hayatomo Strait[17].
  • Kanmon Bridge's made from material is recorded as steel[18].
  • Kanmon Bridge's Commons category is recorded as Kanmon Bridge[19].
  • Kanmon Bridge's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 9458166[20].
  • Kanmon Bridge's Structurae structure ID is recorded as 20005698[21].
  • Kanmon Bridge's terminus is recorded as Shimonoseki interchange[22].
  • Kanmon Bridge's terminus is recorded as Moji interchange[23].
  • +1973-11-14T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Kanmon Bridge[24].
  • Kanmon Bridge's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 33.961903, 'lon': 130.958361}[25].
  • Kanmon Bridge's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05t64s[26].
  • Kanmon Bridge's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Kanmon-Bridge[27].

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Geography

Kanmon Bridge is in the country of Japan[6]. Located in include Shimonoseki[4], a core city of Japan[28], in Japan[29], founded in 1889[30] and Moji-ku[5], a ward of Japan[31], in Japan[32].

Physical Characteristics

Kanmon Bridge's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1068'}[33].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include suspension bridge[11], road bridge[12], toll road[13], toll bridge[14], and cross-sea bridge[15].

History and Context

+1973-11-14T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Kanmon Bridge[24].

Why It Matters

Kanmon Bridge draws 52 Wikipedia views per month (suspension_bridge category, ranking #60 of 199).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

FAQs

What awards did Kanmon Bridge receive?

Honors received include The Japan Society of Civil Engineers Tanaka Prize[3].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] . wikidata.org.
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  14. [3] . jsce.or.jp. jsce.or.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [33] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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