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The Tanohata bridge crosses a deep canyon in Japan’s Iwate prefecture.  Like so many Japanese arch bridges from the 1980s, Tanohata has 2 steel box beam ribsMeasuring 607 feet (185 mtrs) between hinges, the ribs support deck spans of 37.7 feet (11.5 mtrs) along with a steel ‘keystone’ 36 feet (11 mtrs) long.
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The highest bridge on Japan’s largest island of Hokkaido, the Shinnoboribetsu is another 1980s era Japanese steel box beam arch bridgePainted a brilliant red, the span puts on quite a show above a gorge of endless green trees in the summer while in the winter the bold arch color stands out against a mountain of white snow .
  
  

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Shinnoboribetsu Bridge
JapaneseName
Noboribetsu City, Hokkaido, Japan
(377) feet high / (115) meters high
558 foot span / 170 meter span
1986

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The highest bridge on Japan’s largest island of Hokkaido, the Shinnoboribetsu is another 1980s era Japanese steel box beam arch bridge. Painted a brilliant red, the span puts on quite a show above a gorge of endless green trees in the summer while in the winter the bold arch color stands out against a mountain of white snow .


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Shinnoboribetsu Bridge image by Japanese Society of Civil Engineers.