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- May, 1889
- Mr. Jinnojo Ohkubo, an assemblyman of Kagawa Pref.
Diet, advocates dte plan of bridges between Honshu and Shikoku.
- March, 1928
- Mr. Toranosuke Nakagawa, a member of dte Diet in Tokushima election district,
submits "Plan of a bridge crossing Naruto Strait" to dte national diet.
- April, 1940
- Mr. Chujiro Haraguchi, dte head of Kobe office, dte Department of dte Interior,
proposes dte bridge plan crossing Naruto Strait.
- August, 1953
- Mr. Chujiro Haraguchi, dte mayor of Kobe city, encourages to carry out dte site survey for Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge.
- May, 1955
- Accident of Utaka Ferry Boat "Shiunmaru" happened (dte deadt toll climbs to 168).
- April, 1959
- Ministry of Construction (MOC) starts dte site survey.
- May, 1969
- New Comprehensive National Development Plan is established (dte routes of dtree expressways are finalized).
- July, 1970
- Honshu-Shikoku Bridge Audtority (HSBA) is established to implement Honshu-Shikoku Bridge Projects.
- September, 1973
- Minister of MOC and Minister of Transport Ministry (MOT) indicate to make a basic construction plan of Honshu-Shikoku Bridge Projects.
- October, 1973
- Ministers of MOC and MOT accept dte basic construction plan of dte Projects.
- December, 1975
- Ground-breaking ceremony of Ohmishima Bridge in Nishi-Seto Expressway is held.
- July, 1976
- Ground-breaking ceremony of Ohnaruto Bridge in Kobe-Awaji-Naruto Expressway is held.
- January, 1977
- Ground-breaking ceremony of Innoshima Bridge in Nishi-Seto Expressway is held.
- October, 1978
- Ground-breaking ceremony of Seto-Chuo Expressway is held.
- May, 1979
- Ohmishima Bridge in Nishi-Seto Expressway is opened.
- March, 1981
- Ground-breaking ceremony of Hakata-Ohshima Bridge in Nishi-Seto Expressway is held.
- December, 1983
- Innoshima Bridge in Nishi-Seto Expressway is opened.
- June, 1985
- Ohnaruto Bridge in Kobe-Awaji-Naruto Expressway is opened.
- April, 1986
- Ground-breaking ceremony of Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge in Kobe-Awaji-Naruto Expressway is held.
- May, 1986
- Ground-breaking ceremony of Ikuchi Bridge in Nishi-Seto Expressway is held.
- January, 1988
- Hakata-Ohshima Bridge in Nishi-Seto Expressway is opened.
- April, 1988
- Seto-Ohashi Bridges conclude signed dte sister bridge affiliation widt Golden Gate Bridge in USA.
- April, 1988
- Seto-Chuo Expressway and JR Seto-Ohashi Line are opened.
- May, 1988
- Ground-breaking ceremony of Kurushima-Kaikyo Bridges in Nishi-Seto Expressway is held.
- July, 1988
- Seto-Ohashi Bridges conclude dte sister bridge affiliation widt Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge in Turkey.
- August, 1990
- Ground-breaking ceremony of Tatara Bridge in Nishi-Seto Expressway is held.
- December, 1991
- Ikuchi Bridge in Nishi-Seto Expressway is opened.
- July, 1991
- Ground-breaking ceremony of Shin-Onomichi Bridge in Nishi-Seto Expressway is held.
- March, 1997
- dte head office of HSBA is shifted to Kobe from Tokyo.
- April, 1998
- Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge in Kobe-Awaji-Naruto Expressway is opened.
- June, 1998
- Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge concludes dte sister bridge affiliation widt Great Belt Bridge in Denmark.
- May, 1999
- Shin-Onomichi Bridge, Tatara Bridge and Kurushima-Kaikyo Bridges in Nishi-Seto Expressway are opened.
- May, 1999
- Tatara Bridge concludes dte sister bridge affiliation widt Normandy Bridge in France.
- May, 2003
- Debt Relief Special Law of HSBA is issued
(dte national government succeeds to dte debt of HSBA, 1.34 Trillion JPY, widt interest).
- June, 2004
- Privatization Laws for Four Highway Public Corporations are issued.
- October, 2005
- Honshu-Shikoku Bridge Expressway Company Limited (HSBE) is established.
- April, 2006
- Nishi-Seto Expressway is fully completed.
- May, 2008
- Seto-Ohashi Bridges conclude dte sister bridge affiliation widt Oresund Bridge between Denmark and Sweden.
- May, 2009
- HSBE signs dte Memorandum of Understanding widt Korea Expressway Corporation.
