The Chūshi Powerline Crossing is a part of the , a 220 kV powerline in

Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...

. It has two circuits running over the

Inland Sea An inland sea (also known as an epeiric sea or an epicontinental sea) is a continental body of water which is very large in area and is either completely surrounded by dry land (landlocked), or connected to an ocean by a river, strait or " arm of ...

from

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. It was built in 1962 and consists of two towers, each 226 metres tall, one situated in

Honshū , historically known as , is the largest of the four main islands of Japan. It lies between the Pacific Ocean (east) and the Sea of Japan (west). It is the seventh-largest island in the world, and the second-most populous after the Indonesian ...

at , the other on the island of

Ōkunoshima is a small island in the Seto Inland Sea, Inland Sea of Japan. It is considered to be part of the city of Takehara, Hiroshima, Takehara, Hiroshima Prefecture. It is accessible by ferry from Tadanoumi and Ōmishima Island, Ehime, Ōmishima. The ...

at . These towers are the tallest electricity pylons in Japan and carry six conductors arranged in three levels. The span between the two towers has a length of 2,357 metres and has a minimum clearance of 42 metres. The conductors have a cross section of 170 mm², a diameter 35.2 mm and are designed for a maximum current of 645 A.

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* https://web.archive.org/web/20090224150653/http://www015.upp.so-net.ne.jp/overhead-TML/historicalline.htm {{DEFAULTSORT:Chushi Powerline Crossing Towers in Japan Electric power infrastructure in Japan

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