The Tatara Bridge crosses the Seto Inland Sea between Hiroshima Prefecture and Ehime Prefecture in Japan. The Honshū-Shikoku Bridge Authority owns it. Construction lasted slightly over six years without accidents, and the bridge opened on May 1, 1999. The article does not name a designer or a construction start date.
It is a cable-stayed bridge with steel towers 722 feet (220 meters) tall. The total length is 4,856 feet (1,480 meters), and the main span is 2,920 feet (890 meters). The deck is 100 feet (30.6 meters) wide and leaves 85 feet (26 meters) of clearance.
The project was first planned as a suspension bridge in 1973. In 1989 it was redesigned as a cable-stayed bridge to avoid large excavation.
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