Japan's Bridges: Onagawa Bridges in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture

June 2011 (38.427 Degrees, 141.311 Degrees) Kitakami River Bridges

A view upstream at the Onagawa (a branch of the Kitakami River) in Ishinomaki. Behind me there was severe devastation due to the tsunami. At the end of the island in this photo is a bulb-shaped building that housed a famous comic book museum (Ishinomaki Mangattan). A replica of the Statue of Liberty also remained standing.

The steel girder bridges to the island were overtopped by the tsunami but they still carry traffic. However, pedestrian walkways on the exterior girders were washed away. The Shin Bridge (further upstream) appeared to be undamaged.

Japan's Bridges: Onagawa Bridges in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture by Mark Yashinsky is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.