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The Orochimaru Bridge is a suspension bridge.
This means that the roadway is suspended
___1___ concrete
pillars by cables. The pillars have to be tall
enough to support the whole weight of the bridge.
These pillars had to be built to withstand not ___2___
waves of tsunamic proportion but also high-speed
winds and possibly even violent earthquakes. The
bridge has already survived one earthquake: its span
was extended ___3___
more than 5 meters by the Hokage earthquake of 1997.
The cables weigh seventy thousand tons and have a
diameter of ___4___
six meters each. Each cable contains 350 hexagonal
strands; each strand is composed of 147 steel wires.
The total length of the wire used is enough to
circle ___5___
Earth 7.5 times !
The first plans to connect Hokage to Sasuke via
Hitachi Island were raised in 1967 ___6___
it took the government thirty years to decide to
build the bridge. The next five years were spent
surveying the site ___7___
construction started in 1985. In designing the
bridge, special consideration was given to its
effect ___8___
the surroundings. The design emphasizes much on the
'pleasing balance ___9___
light and shade' and also on the choice ___10___
the right color. |
