Tokyo, Japan's Bridges: JR Etchujima Line Bridge across the Onagi Gawa

March 2012 (35.685 Degrees, 139.824 Degrees) JR Etchujima Line Bridge

After we turned around and began paddling east on the Onagi Gawa we came to a utility and a railway bridge. They must like trusses with triangular cross sections for water lines in Japan and they also seem to like Warren trusses for railway bridges.

The Onagi Gawa is about 36 meters between levee walls, which is an easy distance for almost any kind of one span bridge. Maybe trusses are inexpensive or perhaps rail and utility companies have a stockpile of them in their yards.

The JR Etchujima Railway Bridge is actually a two span bridge (about 54 m long) that was built in 1930. There are girders on the south end of the bridge to carry the tracks over the road alongside of the canal.

Tokyo, Japan's Bridges: JR Etchujima Line Bridge across the Onagi Gawa by Mark Yashinsky is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License.