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  • Chikugo River Lift Bridge
    views: 12 / posted byvladimir 10 ноября 2009


    The Chikugo River Lift Bridge is a vertical lift railway bridge across the Chikugo River in Kyushu, Japan.

    Photo 1, Chikugo River Lift Bridge, Kyushu, Japan

    Chikugo River Lift Bridge

    Carries                                                Rail traffictrian

    Crosses                                               Chikugo River

    Locale                                                 Kyushu, Japan

    Design                                                 Vertical lift bridge

    Total length                                         506.4 metres

    Length of movable section                    24.2 metres

    Height (tower)                                      30 metres

    Main span (truss)                                 48.6 metres

    Completion date                                  1935

    Destruction date                                  1987, pedestrian traffic from 1996

    Photo 2, Chikugo River Lift Bridge, Kyushu, Japan

    It was completed in 1935. It links Okawa, Fukuoka with Morodomi, Saga, and previously was part of the Saga Railway Line. When that line ceased operation in 1987 the bridge was closed to traffic. But in 1996 it was reopened for pedestrians in response to requests from the public.

    Photo 3, Chikugo River Lift Bridge, Kyushu, Japan


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