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

March 2012 (35.763 Degrees, 139.755 Degrees) Toyoshima Bridge

This is a nice view of the Sumida River with fishing poles tied to the railing. The river used to be too polluted for fishing. However, we are near the river's source which may bring cleaner water and more fish. This photo also provides another view of the Metropolitan Expressway along the river's southwest bank.

There are two Toyoshima Bridges that cross this part of the Sumida River (we'll look at the other bridge tomorrow). This bridge is a one span tied arch bridge on a skew that is 350 ft long and completed in 2001. It replaced a steel Gerber Bridge built in 1960 that slowly deteriorated due to ground settlement along the banks.

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