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Opened 27 September 1989. A cable-stayed bridge spanning Yokohama Harbour with a total length of 860 m and a centre span of 460 m. Tower height 172 m, clearance 55 m. Upper deck carries the Bayshore Route (Metropolitan Expressway), lower deck carries National Route 357. Aesthetic design by Miyo Ohno.
Completed November 2008, this 550-metre road bridge spans the Harumi Canal between Harumi 5-chome in Chuo City and Toyosu 6-chome in Kōtō City. Its five-span continuous steel-deck V-leg box girder gives the crossing an unusually light silhouette. The vehicle lanes opened in November 2018 as part of Ring Road 2; a pedestrian and cycling path has been accessible since before the road opening.
Opened 25 March 2006, this 580-metre road bridge crosses the Harumi Canal between Harumi 3-chome in Chuo City and Toyosu 6-chome in Kōtō City. Shuto Expressway Route 10 opened through its central section in March 2018, completing a two-tier structure that was built into the design from the start.
A 2,618-metre steel truss bridge opened on 12 February 2012, spanning Tokyo Bay between Wakasu in Kōtō City and the Chuo Breakwater outer reclaimed island. At 87.8 metres above water and with a 440-metre main span — Japan's second-longest truss bridge — its paired truss superstructure has earned the nickname 'Dinosaur Bridge'.