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| June 2011 (35.688 Degrees, 139.792 Degrees) Shin Ohashi |
The tower legs on the Shin Ohashi are located closer to the east end of the bridge (the spans are 105 m and 65 m). The cables are in a harp arrangement that reach to the end of the bridge on the east side but only to midspan on the west side. The tower legs are securely attached to the steel box girders, but the girders are pinned to the supports. There is a concrete caisson supporting the pinned bearings and tower legs but it looks like it has been exhaustively injected with epoxy grout, maybe due to being struck by a boat? The bridge deck widens considerably around the tower legs to allow for a much bigger sidewalk for pedestrians to look at the river and to look at images and memorabilia of the former bridges at this site.
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