Ibaraki, Japan's Bridges: Suigo Ohashi (利根川 水郷大橋) across the Tonegawa

June 2011 (35.909 Degrees, 140.491 Degrees) Suigo Bridge

Continuing east we arrived at the Suigo Bridge, a 535 m long cable-stayed structure over the Tonegawa. Three parallel cables suspended from a tower support two traffic lanes and sidewalks on each side of the tower. The bridge was completed in 1977 and won the Tanaka Prize like many other Japanese bridges we've studied in this blog.


It look likes the river banks were damaged by the earthquake and are covered to prevent erosion. Work is also occurring on the bridge, perhaps a new riding surface. The bridge is just west of the Yokotone Lock Gates at the confluence of the Yokotonegawa and the Tonegawa. This is at the boundary between Ibaraka and Chiba Prefectures.

Ibaraki, Japan's Bridges: Suigo Ohashi (利根川 水郷大橋) across the Tonegawa by Mark Yashinsky is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License.