Ibaraki, Japan's Bridges: Kitaura Bridge across Kitaura Lake

June 2011 (36.033 Degrees, 140.565 Degrees) Kitaura Bridge

Continuing northeast we arrived at the Kitaura Bridge. It is a 1296 m long viaduct with five tied arch spans that crosses Kitaura Lake. The bridge carries Prefectural Route 186 on two lanes and a wide sidewalk. For some reason the bridge was planned in 1971, construction began in 1976, but the bridge wasn't opened until 1995. It suffered damage to the steel pot bearings during the 2011 Tohoku earthquake. The arch spans moved enough to pull the anchor bolts that restrained the bearings out of the concrete. 

Ibaraki, Japan's Bridges: Kitaura Bridge across Kitaura Lake by Mark Yashinsky is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States License.