| Name | Japanese | Distinction | Length | Type | Carries Crosses | Opened | Location | Prefecture | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 1 | Kawazu-Nanadaru Loop Bridge | 河津七滝ループ橋 | Tanaka Prize (1981) | 440 m (1,440 ft) | Box girder Steel | 1981 | Kawazu 34°47′31.0″N138°56′19.4″E / 34.791944°N 138.938722°E | Shizuoka | [C 1] [6] | |
 | 2 | Chuo Bridge | 中央大橋 | 211 m (692 ft) | Cable-stayed Steel beam deck, steel pylon | Tokyo Route 463 Sumida River | 1993 | Tokyo 35°40′17.3″N139°47′04.2″E / 35.671472°N 139.784500°E | Tokyo Chūō | [S 9] | |
 | 3 | Shirakobato Bridge | しらこばと橋 | 145 m (476 ft) | Cable-stayed Steel deck, steel pylon | Saitama Prefectural road No. 115 Motoara River | 1994 | Koshigaya 35°53′18.1″N139°47′54.5″E / 35.888361°N 139.798472°E | Saitama | ||
 | 4 | Shiosai Bridge | 潮騒橋 | Tanaka Prize (1995) | 232 m (761 ft) | Stressed ribbon Concrete 55+61+61+55 | Footbridge Kikukawa River | 1995 | Kakegawa 34°38′54.5″N138°03′43.0″E / 34.648472°N 138.061944°E | Shizuoka | [C 2] [S 10] |
 | 5 | Teleport Bridge | テレポートブリッジ | 341 m (1,119 ft) | Cable-stayed Steel deck, steel pylon | 1996 | Tokyo 35°37′41.3″N139°46′44.6″E / 35.628139°N 139.779056°E | Tokyo Kōtō - Minato | [S 11] | ||
 | 6 | Yumetsuri Bridge | 夢吊橋 | Tanaka Prize (1996) Span : 147 m (482 ft) | 172 m (564 ft) | Stressed ribbon Concrete | Footbridge Ashida River | 1996 | Fuchū 34°35′08.8″N133°08′26.1″E / 34.585778°N 133.140583°E | Hiroshima | [C 2] [S 12] |
 | 7 | Ushibuka Haiya Bridge | 牛深ハイヤ大橋 | Tanaka Prize (1997) Civil Engineering Design Prize (2001) Designed by Renzo Piano | 883 m (2,897 ft) | Box girder Steel | 1997 | Ushibuka 32°11′31.8″N130°01′37.8″E / 32.192167°N 130.027167°E | Kumamoto | [C 2] [C 3] [S 13] [7] | |
 | 8 | Kujira Bridge | くじら橋 | Tanaka Prize (1997) Span : 100 m (330 ft) | 107 m (351 ft) | Box girder Prestressed concrete | 1997 | Inagi 35°38′04.4″N139°29′08.4″E / 35.634556°N 139.485667°E | Tokyo | [C 2] [S 14] [8] | |
 | 9 | Raiden Todoroki Bridges | 雷電廿六木橋 | Civil Engineering Design Prize (2010) | 345 m (1,132 ft) 270 m (890 ft) | Box girder Prestressed concrete 34+75+125+75+34 35+50+75+65+45 | 1998 | Chichibu 35°57′23.9″N138°54′17.0″E / 35.956639°N 138.904722°E | Saitama | [C 4] [9] | |
 | 10 | Goshiki Zakura Bridge | 五色桜大橋 | Tanaka Prize (2002) | Arch 2 levels steel tied-arch | Ojikita Metropolitan Expressway Central Circular Arakawa River | 2002 | Tokyo 35°45′54.7″N139°45′36.1″E / 35.765194°N 139.760028°E | Tokyo Adachi | [C 5] | |
 | 11 | Oboro Bridge | 朧大橋 | Tanaka Prize (2002) Civil Engineering Design Prize 2004 | 293 m (961 ft) | Arch Concrete deck arch | Fukuoka prefectural road No. 798 | 2002 | Kurume 33°16′36.8″N130°37′50.5″E / 33.276889°N 130.630694°E | Fukuoka | [C 5] [C 6] [10] |
 | 12 | Seiun Bridge (Tokushima) | 青雲橋 | Tanaka Prize (2004) FIB Award for Outstanding Structure (2006) | 97 m (318 ft) | Stressed ribbon Concrete | 2004 | Miyoshi 33°57′34.9″N133°44′42.3″E / 33.959694°N 133.745083°E | Tokushima | [C 5] [S 15] [11] | |
 | 13 | Omiodori Bridge | 近江大鳥橋 | Tanaka Prize (2007) | 555 m (1,821 ft) | Extradosed Composite steel/concrete deck, concrete pylons 137+170+115+67 152+160+90+72 | 2007 | Ōtsu - Kōka 34°56′27.7″N136°01′57.4″E / 34.941028°N 136.032611°E | Shiga | [C 7] [S 16] | |
 | 14 | Fudo Bridge | 不動大橋 | Lowest girder depth (6m) / longest span (155m) for composite truss in Japan Tanaka Prize (2010) | 590 m (1,940 ft) | Extradosed Composite steel/concrete deck, concrete pylons 63+125+155+155+88 | Gunma Prefectural Road No. 375 Agatsuma River | 2010 | Naganohara 36°32′43.8″N138°41′13.9″E / 36.545500°N 138.687194°E | Gunma | [12] |
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