Ryuten Bridge

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Ryuten Bridge
龍天橋
Hinokage, Miyazaki, Japan
328 feet high / 100 meters high
656 foot span / 200 meter span
1988

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Image by Japanese Society of Civil Engineers.


The Ryuten steel arch bridge is one of 8 bridges that exceed 328 feet (100 mtrs) within the Takachiho Gorge region of Japan’s Miyazaki prefecture. With a span of 656 feet (200 mtrs), the arch connects the small villages of Ohito and Miyamizu. The name Ryuten means ‘Dragon of Heaven’.

There is no other region in Japan that has as many high bridges than the Takachiho Gorge Scenic Area of Miyazaki Prefecture. Within a distance of just 30 kilometers the Gokase and Iwato River canyons are crossed by no less than 15 high bridges.

Several of these spectacular crossings were the highest in Japan including Tensho, Seiun and Unkai Bridges. The Takachiho Railway Bridge is still the highest railway crossing in Japan even if it not longer operates with regular trains. The asymmetrical arch has an unusually high rise of about 164 feet (50 mtrs) making for a steep rib section of 58 degrees where it meets the foundation.


100mを越す鋼アーチの龍天橋は八つの橋梁の中の一つで、宮崎県の高千穂峡谷にあります。200mのスパンを持つこのアーチは、宮水とおおいとの村々に続いています。橋の名前は、漢字でも分かるように“天の龍”を意味します。 他の100mほどの巨大な橋には、高千穂峡谷に架かる日本一高い鉄橋と天翔大橋、コンクリートアーチ橋の神都高千穂大橋と青葉大橋、鋼アーチ橋の雲海橋と青雲橋、そしてコンクリートビーム橋の上岩戸大橋です。もし、あなたが一日だけで高い橋をたくさん見たいのであれば、高千穂峡谷地域がお勧めの場所です!


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Ryuten Bridge satellite image.


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Ryuten Bridge location map.