About the place
The Kurushima-Kaikyō Bridge (来島海峡大橋?, Kurushima Kaikyō Ō-hashi), which connects the island of Ōshima to the main part of Shikoku, is the world's longest suspension bridge structure[1] and was completed in 1999. The bridge is part of the Shimanami Kaidō, an expressway that spans a series of islands and connects Hiroshima Prefecture in Honshū to Ehime Prefecture in Shikoku. The bridge and the expressway were both conceived by the Honshū-Shikoku Bridge Project.