The Akashi Kaikyo Bridge is a key 12,831-foot bridge linking two islands in Japan across the Akashi Strait. This suspension bridge, also known as Pearl Bridge, took a decade to build and involved ...

The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge, but the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge (aka the Pearl Bridge) holds the title for the world’s longest. This 2.4-mile-long bridge spans the Akashi Strait ...

At nearly four times the length of the Brooklyn Bridge, Japan's Akashi Kaikyo Bridge (also known as the Pearl Bridge) is the clear winner in this category. With three connected spans—two at ...

The Akashi Kaikyo bridge is the longest suspension bridge in the world. When I first heard this, I assumed it meant that it was the longest from edge to edge or land to land. But wait, I said to ...

KOBE--Travelers with no fear of heights can enjoy breathtaking views while camping on the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge here during a special two-day tour--for a whopping 297,000 yen ($2,000). Despite the ...

as well as the longest suspension bridge in the world at 2,023 meters of 6,637 feet, beating Japan's Akashi Kaikyo Bridge for the title. The new bridge connects the Turkish towns of Gelibolu ...

Its central span remained the longest in the world until 1964, when the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in New York City was completed. Since 1998, the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge in Japan, at 6,532 feet ...