Bridge Type：

Stiffened truss suspension bridge with three spans and two hinges

Ground Breaking Ceremony：

January 8, 1977

Commenced on-Site Construction：

January 31, 1977

Opened to Traffic：

December 4, 1983

Innoshima Bridge which crosses Mekari Seto is connected Mukaishima Island with Innoshima Island. This Bridge was completed in 1983 as the first suspension bridge of the Honshu-Shikoku Bridges.
The center span length (770 m) of the Bridge was the longest one in Japan at that time.
Steel deck was firstly applied for long-span bridges in Japan and the experience has been made the best use of the construction of long-span bridges.
The beautiful figure can be seen from Honshu side.