Tokyo, Japan's Bridges: Kodai Bridge across the Sumida River

March 2012 (35.754 Degrees, 139.763 Degrees) Kodai Bridge

The next bridge across the Sumida is a single span tied arch that was completed in 1992. It's called the Kodai Bridge after the geographical name for this part of Adachi Ward. It replaced a bridge that was built in 1933 (during the building boom following the Great Kanto Earthquake). It is a 400 ft long bridge with two traffic lanes and sidewalks. It carries Hakusan Road from the south across a bend in the Sumida and then the road turns west and runs parallel to the Arakawa.

The City of Tokyo apparently likes painting bridges with bright colors including chartreuse. I think the lamps on the bridge must have been taken from the older bridge since they don't look like they were made in 1992.

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