Niigata, Japan's Bridges: Rinko Yasaka Bridge across the U River (3)

August 2007 (37.3675 Degrees, 138.5433 Degrees) Rinko Yasaka Bridge

Looking downstream at the Rinko Yasaka Bridge, which is a two span precast I girder bridge across the U River  in Kashiwazaki. This bridge sustained quite a bit of damage without losing much functionality (once the embankments were repaired). For a precast bridge, it has some nice features. Like the previously studied Aumegawa Bridge, it's partially covered in ivy. It provides a nice view of the Sea of Japan. It includes a plinth with a decorative tablet giving the bridge's name.

We'll study the bridge damage from the 2007 earthquake in more detail tomorrow.

Niigata, Japan's Bridges: Rinko Yasaka Bridge across the U River (3) by Mark Yashinsky is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License.