Konohana Bridge

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| name = Konohana Bridge

| native_name = 此花大橋

| native_name_lang = ja

| image = Konohana Ohashi Osaka JPN 001.jpg

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| alt = The picture of Konohana Bridge

| caption = Konohana Bridge

| coordinates = {{coord|34|39|59.4|N|135|24|52.7|E|region:JP|display=inline,title}}

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| carries = Motor vehicles, pedestrians and bicycles

| crosses = Port of Osaka

| locale = Konohana-ku, Osaka, Japan

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| owner = Osaka City

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| length = {{Convert|1570.6 |m|ft|0|abbr=on}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.jasbc.or.jp/kyoryodb/detail.cgi?id=10126 |title=橋梁年鑑データベース |access-date=2022-09-09 |publisher=Japan Bridge Association|lang=ja}}

| width = {{Convert|24.5|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}

| height = {{Convert|98.6|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}

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| mainspan = {{Convert|300|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}

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| builder = Hitachi Zosen, MHI, Yokogawa Bridge, KHI{{Cite web|url=http://kintsuri.main.jp/151_konohana.html|access-date=2022-09-19|title=此花大橋|website=kintsuri.main.jp|lang=ja}}

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| begin = 1979

| complete = March 1990

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The {{nihongo|Konohana Bridge|此花大橋|Konohana Ō-hashi}} is a self-anchored suspension bridge located in Osaka, Japan. Opened for traffic in 1990, it has a main span of {{convert|300|m|ft}}. The bridge's unusual design has only a single main cable. At the time of its completion it was the largest self-anchored suspension bridge in the world. Its centre span has been tied by the Yeongjong Grand Bridge in Korea which has slightly larger side spans. As of late 2012, the single tower eastern span replacement of the San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge has a longer span of {{convert|385|m|ft}}.

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