Tokyo, Japan's Bridges: Hirai Ohashi across the Arakawa

March 2012 (35.713 Degrees, 139.848 Degrees) Hirai Bridge

Just past the Katsuhika Harp Bridge is the Hirai Bridge. At least that's what the kanji says on the bike path. It's another steel girder bridge on hammerhead piers with those ubiquitous lampposts. The bridge is 2400 ft long and 66 ft wide. Like many Arakawa River crossings this bridge was completed in the 1960s.

It looks like someone is planting a garden along the river. Perhaps residents are allowed to lease the land for gardens? More likely it's a flower garden planted by the City.

Tokyo, Japan's Bridges: Hirai Ohashi across the Arakawa by Mark Yashinsky is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License.