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Kawasaki Bridge

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

A cable-stayed bridge for bicycles and pedestrians over the Okawa River that connects Tenma in Kita-ku and Amijima-cho in Miyakojima-ku, Osaka. In the Edo period, the bridge was built where a ferry linking Tenma Kawasaki and Bizenjima was located, and nearby were the Kawasaki Toshogu Shrine, which enshrines Ieyasu, the Kawasaki Okura, which was built as a rice storehouse for the town magistrate's office, the residence of the Damaged Magistrate, and the residence of the Town Magistrate's Yoriki. In 1877, a private bridge was built and a toll of 3 rin per person was collected, so it was called "Zenitori Bridge." This bridge was washed away in a major flood in 1885. The current bridge was erected in 1978 as part of a large-scale bicycle path connecting Nakanoshima Park and Senri Expo Park, and is a two-span continuous cable-stayed bridge with a length of 129.2m and a width of 3m, with cables extending from tall towers and girders suspended from them. It has received an award from the Japan Society of Civil Engineers for its design that minimizes vibration as a pedestrian bridge and blends in with the environment as a riverside park bridge. Many people use this bridge because of events held nearby, such as the Mint Bureau cherry blossom viewing in spring and the Tenjin Festival boat procession in summer.

Basic information

Access
7 minutes walk from Temmabashi Station on the Keihan Main Line
Address
〒530-0043 Tenma 1-chome, Kita-ku, Osaka City to Amijima-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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