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11 cracks in Seto Ohashi Bridge still unrepaired

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Eleven small cracks on the Seto Ohashi Bridge linking Japan's Honshu and Shikoku islands remain unrepaired since being found by Honshu-Shikoku Bridge Expressway Co. in 2009, company officials said April 9.

The highway-railway bridge, consisting of seven metal sub bridges linking Kurashiki in Okayama Prefecture and Sakaide in Kagawa Prefecture, opened in 1988 and marked its 25th anniversary April 10.

Professor of the University of Tokyo Yozo Fujino says the cracks aren't a threat. (Kyodo)

瀬戸大橋で亀裂が11ヵ所見つかる

本州と四国をつなぐ瀬戸大橋は７つの金属製の橋からなる。今年で開通25周年を迎えるが、2009年に見つかって以来、修理されていないひびが11ヵ所あることが分かった。

The Japan Times ST: April 19, 2013