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’.

The other 100 meter monsters in the area include the highest railway bridge in Japan over the Takachiho gorge as well as the Tensho, Shintotakachiho and Aoba concrete arches, the Unkai and Seiun steel arches and the Kamiiwato concrete beam bridge. If you have just one day to visit high bridges in Japan, Takachiho gorge is the place to be!


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!