Japan's Bridges: Higashimatsushima River Bridges in Miyagi Prefecture

June 2011 (38.4383 Degrees, 141.2281 Degrees) Higashimatsushima River Bridges

Many rivers flow into Ishinomaki Bay. To the south, the Higashimatsushima River is crossed by dozens of bridges. In this photo we can see utility and steel girder roadway bridges crossing the river in this residential neighborhood. We are a little bit upstream of the tsunami damage, but we'll look at a damaged bridge tomorrow.

Japan's Bridges: Higashimatsushima River Bridges in Miyagi Prefecture by Mark Yashinsky is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.

India's Bridges: Route 8 Bridges near Vondh in Gujarat (1)

February 2001 (23.3058, 70.4203) Route 8 Bridges

Just past the town of Vondh, National Highway 8 and the adjacent railway cross a braided river bed. The railway is carried by an undamaged steel girder bridge but the parallel roadway bridge is on shoring while the masonry is repaired. 

A little to the south is a new roadway and a new bridge that was also slightly damaged by the 2001 Bhuj earthquake. Can anyone tell us what is written on the railway bridge abutment?

India's Bridges: Route 8 Bridges bnear Vondh in Gujarat (1) by Mark Yashinsky is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.