Makisawa Bridge

Makisawa Bridge
真木沢橋
Shimohei, Iwate, Japan
345 feet high / 105 meters high
(492) foot span / (150) meter span
1965

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Constructed to bypass an earlier arch from 1965, the Shianzaka Bridge is a steel box beam arch bridge with a deck 377 feet (115 meters) above a forested river ravine near Shimohei, Iwate prefecture. The original Makisawa arch was Japan's highest bridge when it was completed in 1965 with a deck 344 feet (105 meters) high or 33 feet (10 meters) lower than the newer Shianzaka bridge. The 2005 bridge is also much wider at 33 feet (10 meters). The first arch bridge was only 20 feet (6 meters) wide.