General Information
| Name in local language: | 筑後川昇開橋 (Chikugo-gawa shōkaikyō) |
|---|---|
| Completion: | 1935 |
| Status: | in use |
Project Type
| Structure: |
Vertical lift bridge Subdivided Warren truss bridge Girder bridge |
|---|---|
| Material: |
Steel bridge |
| Function / usage: |
original use: Railroad (railway) bridge current use: Bicycle and pedestrian bridge |
Location
Technical Information
Dimensions
| total length | 506.4 m | |
| length of movable section | 24.2 m | |
| tower | height | 30 m |
| truss | main span | 46.8 m |
Materials
| tower |
steel
|
|---|---|
| girder |
steel
|
| truss |
steel
|
Chronology
| 25 May 1935 | Completion. |
|---|---|
| 27 March 1987 | Rail traffic is discontinued. |
| 29 April 1996 | Opened as pedestrian bridge. |
Notes
The movable section weighs 48 tons and lifts up by 23 meters.
Excerpt from Wikipedia
The Chikugo River Lift Bridge (筑後川昇開橋, Chikugo-gawa shōkaikyō) is a vertical lift railway bridge across the Chikugo River in Kyūshū, Japan. It was completed in 1935. The bridge has a total length of 507.2 metres (1,664 ft), with a moveable span of 24.2 metres (79 ft) long and a vertical rise of 23 metres (75 ft). It links Ōkawa, Fukuoka with Morodomi, Saga, and used to be part of the Saga Railway Line. When that line ceased operation in 1987 the bridge was closed to traffic. In 1996 it was reopened for pedestrians in response to requests from the public.
A precision miniature model of the bridge, which describes its structure, was exhibited at the Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne (1937). Today this model is on display at the Railway Museum (Saitama).
The bridge was designated an Important Cultural Property in 2003, and in 2007 it was included in the Mechanical Engineering Heritage as item No. 23.
Text imported from Wikipedia article "Chikugo River Lift Bridge" and modified on July 23, 2019 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.
Participants
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data sheet - Structure-ID
20030334 - Published on:
19/08/2007 - Last updated on:
05/02/2016
