Tokyo, Japan's Bridges: Katsuhika Harp Bridge across the Arakawa

March 2012 (35.723 Degrees, 139.843 Degrees) Katsuhika Harp Bridge

Not only are there many bridges crossing the Arakawa but there are also some interesting bridges alongside the river. The Katsushika Harp Bridge is an asymmetric cable-stayed bridge with tall and short towers that steps over the Ayase River to make room for the Nakagawa (see photo below).

The Katsuhika Harp Bridge is a 455 m (1494 ft) long cable-stayed bridge (built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries) that carries the Shuto (Metropolitan) Expressway. It's a four span bridge with a 220 m (722 ft) main span between the two steel towers.

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