2 articles tagged “Civil Engineering Heritage”
Opened 27 September 1989. A cable-stayed bridge spanning Yokohama Harbour with a total length of 860 m and a centre span of 460 m. Tower height 172 m, clearance 55 m. Upper deck carries the Bayshore Route (Metropolitan Expressway), lower deck carries National Route 357. Aesthetic design by Miyo Ohno.
Completed in 1927, this steel-reinforced concrete arch bridge spans the Kanda River between Chiyoda and Bunkyo wards. Named through a public competition for the two sacred buildings on its banks — Nikolai Cathedral to the south and Yushima Seido to the north — it is recognized as a JSCE Civil Engineering Heritage site (2017) and a beloved Tokyo landmark.