Tokyo, Japan's Bridges: Ayase Arch Bridge across the Ayase River

March 2012 (35.728 Degrees, 139.837 Degrees) Ayase Arch Bridge

We previously encountered the Ayase River in my April 17, 2012 Blog. One hundred years ago the Ayase ran alongside of the Sumida River. However, as a result of flood control work that created the Arakawa, a short segment of the Ayase now connects the Sumida to the Arakawa and a longer segment of the Ayase now flows along the east bank of Arakawa.

Just east of this longer Ayase River is the elevated Shuto Expressway. Most of the bridges that we've studied cross over both the Arakawa and the Ayase River and then go under the expressway. However, the Ayase Arch Bridge provides pedestrians with access (from the east) to the strip of land between the Arakawa and the Ayase (see Google Earth photo below).

Tokyo, Japan's Bridges: Ayase Arch Bridge across the Ayase River by Mark Yashinsky is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License.