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Constructed to bypass an earlier arch from 1965, the Shianzaka Bridge is a steel box beam arch bridge with a deck 377 feet (115 meters) above a forested river ravine near Shimohei, Iwate prefecture.  The original Makisawa arch was Japan's highest bridge when it was completed in 1965 with a deck 344 feet (105 meters) high or 33 feet (10 meters) lower than the newer Shianzaka bridge.
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Constructed to bypass an earlier arch from 1965, the Shianzaka Bridge is a steel box beam arch bridge with a deck 377 feet (115 meters) above a forested river ravine near Shimohei, Iwate prefecture.  The original Makisawa arch was Japan's highest bridge when it was completed in 1965 with a deck 344 feet (105 meters) high or 33 feet (10 meters) lower than the newer Shianzaka bridge.  The 2005 bridge is also much wider at 33 feet (10 meters).  The first arch bridge was only 20 feet (6 meters) wide.
 
   
 
   
  

Revision as of 23:49, 6 December 2009

Shianzaka Bridge
思案坂大橋
Shimohei, Iwate, Japan
377 feet high / 115 meters high
607 foot span / 185 meter span
2005


Constructed to bypass an earlier arch from 1965, the Shianzaka Bridge is a steel box beam arch bridge with a deck 377 feet (115 meters) above a forested river ravine near Shimohei, Iwate prefecture. The original Makisawa arch was Japan's highest bridge when it was completed in 1965 with a deck 344 feet (105 meters) high or 33 feet (10 meters) lower than the newer Shianzaka bridge. The 2005 bridge is also much wider at 33 feet (10 meters). The first arch bridge was only 20 feet (6 meters) wide.


Image by Japanese Society of Civil Engineers.