Tokyo, Japan's Bridges: Chuo Bridge across the Sumida River (1)

June 2011 (35.672 Degrees, 139.784 Degrees) Chuo Bridge

Continuing up the Sumida River we come to the Chuo Bridge. It is the last bridge connecting Tokyo to Tsukishima, an artificial island. All along Tokyo Bay are hundreds of these islands. Hopefully, the soil is well compacted and will perform well when the next big earthquake strikes Tokyo.

This is a two span cable-stayed bridge that is 692 ft long, 79 ft wide, and built in 1994. The tower is composed of two legs that slope toward each other until they join near the top, and then slope away. This gives the bridge a traditional Japanese appearance in a very modern structure.

Tokyo, Japan's Bridges: Chuo Bridge across the Sumida River (1) by Mark Yashinsky is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License.