Shinsesso Bridge

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Shinsesso Bridge
新接岨大橋
Ikawa, Shizuoka, Japan
(246) feet high / (75) meters high
459 foot span / 140 meter span
2000

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The Okuizumi and Shinsesso 2-lane road bridges span 70 meters above the Oi River along route 388 with both steel and concrete arch ribs. The famous Oigawa narrow gauge railway intertwines with the road and includes 2 of Japan's highest railway bridges.

The 71 meter high Sekinosawa Railway Bridge opened in 1954 as Japan's highest bridge on the Oigawa Railway in Shizuoka Prefecture. The 114 meter long single track structure consists of a truss-arch with a span of 84 meters.

The Okuoi Rainbow Railway Bridge is a 474 meter long Warren-deck truss structure that crosses high above Sesso Lake. The structure is split by the Okuōikojō Station.


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Okuizumi Bridge carries route 388 above the Oi River.


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Nagashima Dam.


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The 71 meter high Sekinosawa Railway Bridge was once the highest bridge in Japan.


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Image by AKB 1952.


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Okuoi Rainbow Railway Bridge opened in 1990 across Sesso Lake.


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Shinsesso Bridge satellite image.


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Shinsesso Bridge location map.


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Oigawa Railway Map.


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