Kanchokyo Bridge

...Due to reclamation and sedimentation since the Edo period, the Seto Inland Sea has become narrower and shallower, but in recent years, revetments and dredging work have been carried out, and the Seto Inland Sea has been revived. In 1954, Kancho Bridge was built in Sasebo in the north, and a bridge was built in Haenosaki in the south. In 1983, the Sasebo Great Seto Bridge was completed north of Kancho Bridge. In the past, it was an important sea route, but now National Route 202 runs from Sasebo to Nagasaki via Itoshima. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Kanchobashi Bridge" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…江戸時代からの干拓や土砂の堆積により狭く，浅くなったが，近年護岸や浚渫（しゆんせつ）工事が行われ，ふたたび瀬戸はよみがえった。1954年，北部の早岐に架けられた観潮橋のほか，南部の南風崎（はえのさき）に橋があり，さらに83年観潮橋の北に早岐瀬戸大橋が完成した。古くは重要な海上交通路であったが，現在は早岐から国道202号線が糸島経由で長崎へ通じている。…

※「観潮橋」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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