This bridge was built in 1876 as the fourth bridge from the upper reaches of the former Itachibori River. The bridge name comes from the fact that it was completed during the Meiji period. In 1927, it was rebuilt as a steel girder bridge, and bronze lighting lamps stood up like lanterns on top of the granite main pillars. The railings appear to have been decorated with a warabi pattern on the horsetail horsetail, a design that was unusual at the time. The bridge disappeared in 1956 when the Tachiuri Horikawa River was reclaimed, but to commemorate the development of the area due to the bridge's opening, the name "Meiji" has since been used as the name of the local federation of neighborhood associations and elementary schools. It is still passed down locally today. A monument now stands where the bridge once stood.