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The Akashi Kaikyo Bridge (Building World Landmarks) (Building World Landmarks)

By Patchett, Kaye

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Japan's Akashi-Kaiko bridge is the world's longest suspension bridge. More than two million people helped to build this vital road link between the islands of Honshu and Awaji. During construction, the 2.5-mile-long bridge became even longer when the Great Hanshin Earthquake moved gigantic rock slabs beneath its foundations and added more than three feet to its already record length.

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ISBN
978-1-41030-140-6
Publisher
Blackbirch Press


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Reviewed on April 1, 2005

Gr 5-8 Three thin but informative offerings. The creation of the Berlin Wall was not so much a feat of engineering genius as of political trickery. Built in secrecy almost overnight, it stood as a symbol for the evils of communism. The impressive Akashi Kaikyo Bridge, which took 25 years to build and opened to traffic in 1998, connects the once-remote ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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