Japan's Bridges: Kitakami River Bridge in Miyagi Prefecture (2)

June 2011 (38.547 Degrees, 141.424 Degrees) Kitakami River Bridge

The missing spans at the end of the Kitakami River Bridge. The piers had devices to hold the trusses for an earthquake but they were torn off by the tsunami. Two buildings alongside the river had damage to their first story, suggesting the tsunami wave was about 3 meters above the bridge deck. Observers said the two trusses rotated off of the piers, which is consistent with their appearance in the water.

Japan's Bridges: Kitakami River Bridge in Miyagi Prefecture (2) by Mark Yashinsky is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.