The Hanshin Earthquake hit Osaka, Kobe and the Hanshin area, at a cost of more than 6,300 lives. The infrastructure, especially the urban expressways, suffered very serious damage. Steel piers showed virtually every kind of distress possible, the damage to some 15% of them being classified as higher than category B (severely damaged) On Route 5 longer-span steel bridges like the cable-stayed Higashi-Kobe bridge and arched Rokko Island Bridge also suffered damage
The Hanshin Earthquake hit Osaka, Kobe and the Hanshin area, at a cost of more than 6,300 lives. The infrastructure, especially the urban expressways, suffered very serious damage. Steel piers showed virtually every kind of distress possible, the damage to some 15% of them being classified as higher than category B (severely damaged) On Route 5 longer-span steel bridges like the cable-stayed Higashi-Kobe bridge and arched Rokko Island Bridge also suffered damage
The Hanshin Earthquake hit Osaka, Kobe and the Hanshin area, at a cost of more than 6,300 lives. The infrastructure, especially the urban expressways, suffered very serious damage. Steel piers showed virtually every kind of distress possible, the damage to some 15% of them being classified as higher than category B (severely damaged) On Route 5 longer-span steel bridges like the cable-stayed Higashi-Kobe bridge and arched Rokko Island Bridge also suffered damage
The Hanshin Earthquake hit Osaka, Kobe and the Hanshin area, at a cost of more than 6,300 lives. The infrastructure, especially the urban expressways, suffered very serious damage. Steel piers showed virtually every kind of distress possible, the damage to some 15% of them being classified as higher than category B (severely damaged) On Route 5 longer-span steel bridges like the cable-stayed Higashi-Kobe bridge and arched Rokko Island Bridge also suffered damage