The ( Asian Highway Network ) is a suspension bridge crossing the Kanmon Straits, a stretch of water separating two of

Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...

's four main islands. On the

Honshū , historically known as , is the largest of the four main islands of Japan. It lies between the Pacific Ocean (east) and the Sea of Japan (west). It is the seventh-largest island in the world, and the second-most populous after the Indonesian ...

side of the bridge is Shimonoseki (, which contributed ''Kan'' to the name of the strait) and on the

Kyūshū is the third-largest island of Japan's four main islands and the most southerly of the four largest islands (i.e. excluding Okinawa and the other Ryukyu (''Nansei'') Islands). In the past, it has been known as , and . The historical regio ...

side is

Kitakyushu is a Cities of Japan, city located in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. As of June 1, 2019, Kitakyushu has an estimated population of 940,978, making it the second-largest city in both Fukuoka Prefecture and the island of Kyushu after the city of Fuk ...

, whose former city and present ward, Moji (), gave the strait its ''mon''. The Kanmon Bridge was opened to vehicles on November 14, 1973 and connected to the Kyūshū Expressway on March 27, 1984. It is among the 50 largest suspension bridges in the world with a central length of .

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* Suspension bridges in Japan Bridges completed in 1973 AH1 Road transport in Japan 1973 establishments in Japan Cross-sea bridges in Asia Transport in Kitakyushu Transport in Shimonoseki Buildings and structures in Kitakyushu Buildings and structures in Shimonoseki Transport buildings and structures in Fukuoka Prefecture Transport buildings and structures in Yamaguchi Prefecture Kanmon Straits {{Japan-bridge-struct-stub

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