Carries Rail Locale Nagoya Longest span 23.8 metres (78 ft) Total length 63 m Location Nagoya Designer Utarō Yamamoto | Crosses Nagoya Port Owner Nagoya Port Authority Opened 20 June 1927 Width 4.7 m Cross Port of Nagoya | |
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Heritage status Tangible Cultural Properties of Japan
Heritage of Modern Industrialization Address 2 Chome-4-1 Chidori, Minato Ward, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture 455-0031, Japan Similar Port of Nagoya, Rinko Bridge, Koya Bridge, Nagoyakō Station, Chikugo River Lift Bridge | ||
The Nagoya Port Drawbridge (名古屋港跳上橋, nagoyakō haneagebashi) is a drawbridge in Nagoya Port in Nagoya, Japan.
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History
It was used on a rail line bound for Nagoya but has not been used since the rail line it belonged to was retired in March 1986, and now it remains up at all times. Completed in 1926 (1926), it is the oldest drawbridge in Japan still in existence.
Heritage Status
Since 1999, it has been a Registered Tangible Cultural Property of Japan of Japan, and it is also registered in Japan as an artifact of the Heritage of Modern Industrialization.
References
Nagoya Port Drawbridge Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA