This bridge was built in 1876 as the fourth bridge from the upstream of the former Itachibori River. The name of the bridge comes from the fact that it was completed in the Meiji period. In 1927, it was rebuilt as a steel girder bridge, with bronze lantern-shaped lights standing on granite pillars. The railings were decorated with a bracken pattern on a Miotsukushi flower, a rare design for the time. The bridge disappeared in 1956 when the Tachimichibori River was filled in, but to commemorate the development of the area that came with the opening of the bridge, the name "Meiji" has been passed down to the local community and the name of the elementary school. A monument now stands at the site of the bridge.