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Kawasaki Bridge

A cable-stayed bridge for bicycles and pedestrians that spans the Okawa River, connecting Tenma and Ajima-cho, Miyakojima Ward.

A cable-stayed bridge for bicycles and pedestrians that spans the Okawa River, connecting Tenma, Kita Ward, Osaka City, and Ajima-cho, Miyakojima Ward, Osaka City. In the place where the bridge was built, there was a ferry that connected Tenma Kawasaki and Bizen Island in the Edo period, and nearby is Kawasaki Toshogu Shrine, where Ieyasu is enshrined, Kawasaki Mikura, which was built as a rice storehouse attached to the town magistrate's office, the damaged residence of the magistrate, and the town magistrate's residence. Powerhouses and other buildings were built. In 1877, a private bridge was built and a toll of 3 rin per person was collected, which is why it was called ``Zenitori Bridge.'' This bridge was also washed away by the great flood of 1885. The current bridge was built in 1976 as part of a large-scale bicycle path connecting Nakanoshima Park and Senri Expo Park.The bridge format is 129.2m long and 3m wide, with cables extending from a high tower and girders suspended. It is a continuous cable-stayed bridge, and received an award from the Japan Society of Civil Engineers for its design, which was designed to reduce vibration as a pedestrian bridge and harmonize with the environment as a bridge in a riverside park. There are many passers-by as events such as the Mint Cherry Blossom Festival in the spring and the Tenjin Festival Funatogyo in the summer are held near this bridge.

Basic information

Access
7 minutes walk from Temmabashi Station on the Keihan Main Line
Address
1-chome Tenma, Kita-ku, Osaka 530-0043 - Ajima-cho, Miyakojima-ku
Telephone
06-6615-6818 (In charge of bridges, Road Department, Osaka City Construction Bureau)
Fax
06-6615-6582
URL
http://www.city.osaka.lg.jp/kensetsu/page/0000016727.html

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