Opening of Shimanami Seaside Highway

IssueOpening of Shimanami Seaside Highway
Date of Issue26 April 1999 (Heisei 11)
Denomination80 yen x 10, se-tenant block of ten
DesignesR292: Onomichi-suido channelR293: Kurushima-kaikyo straits
R294: Onomichi-oohashi bridge
and New Onomichi-oohashi bridge		R295: Kurushima-kaikyo-oohashi bridge
R296: Innoshima-oohashi bridgeR297: Kurushima-kaikyo-oohashi bridge
R298: Ikuchibashi bridgeR299: Hakatabashi and Ooshima-oohashi bridges
R300: Tatara-oohashi bridgeR301: Oomishimabashi bridge
Quantity 2,840,000 sets
Image Area22.5 x 33.0 millimeters
PrintingPhotogravure in 5 colours
Sheet20 stamps (4 x 5)
DesignerKikuchi Akira
First Day of
Issue Postmark		Onomichi Post Office
Imabari Post Office


Opening of Shimanami Seaside Highway, Sheet of Eight

IssueOpening of Shimanami Seaside Highway, Sheet of Eight Picture of the Sheet
DesignesR294: Onomichi-oohashi bridge
and New Onomichi-oohashi bridge		R296: Innoshima-oohashi bridge
R300: Tatara-oohashi bridgeR298: Ikuchibashi bridge
R301: Oomishimabashi bridgeR299: Hakatabashi bridge
and Ooshima-oohashi bridge
R295: Kurushima-kaikyo-oohashi bridgeR297: Kurushima-kaikyo-oohashi bridge
Price640 yen
Sheet Size127.5 x 210.5 millimeters
Sheet8 stamps
Catalog No.R301A
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(Small Notes for the Issue)
The Shimanami Seaside highway is the name of the west route of Honshu-Shikoku bridges consists of series of island-hopping bridges across the inland sea. The route runs over eight islands and nine single-level bridges linking Onomichi in Hiroshima with Imabari in Ehime, which was opened on 1 May 1999.
The details of the depicted items in each stamps are as follows.
R292: Onomichi-suido channel
R293: Kurushima-kaikyo straits
R294: Onomichi-oohashi bridge (385 meters, suspension bridge), and New onomichi-oohashi bridge (546 meters, suspension bridge)
R295: Kurushima-kaikyo-oohashi bridges (960 meters, 1,515 meters, and 1,570 meters: triple suspension bridges, first ever made in the world)
R296: Innoshima-oohashi bridge (1,270 meters, suspension bridge)
R297: Kurushima-kaikyo-oohashi bridges (960 meters, 1,515 meters, and 1,570 meters: triple suspension bridges, first ever made in the world)
R298: Ikuchibashi bridge (790 meters, )
R299: Hkatabashi bridge (325 meters, plate girder bridge) and Ooshima-oohashi bridge (840 meters, suspension bridge)
R300: Tatara-oohashi bridge (1,480 meters, cable-stayed bridge)
R301: Oomishimabashi bridge (328 meters, arched bridge)