Kintai Bridge
General Information
| Structural Type: |
Arch bridge
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| Function / usage: |
Pedestrian bridge (footbridge)
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| Other name(s): | Kintaikyo |
| Completed in: | 1673 |
Geographic Information & Related Structures
| Location: |
Iwakuni, Yamaguchi, Japan, Asia |
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| Crosses |
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Technical Information
Dimensions
| width | 5.00 m | |
| total length | 193.3m | |
| span lengths | 34.8 m - 3 x 35.1 m - 34.8 m | |
| number of spans | 5 |
Materials
| piers |
stone
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| arches |
wood
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Chronology
| 1674 | Two piers carried away by flooding, reconstructed the same year. |
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| 1950 | Bridge is destroyed due to flooding caused by typhoon Kezia. |
| 1953 | Bridge is carefully reconstructed with scour protection and concrete cores for the piers. |
Participants
Currently there is no information available about persons or companies having participated in this project.
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- Authentic argument, in "Bridge Design & Engineering", 3rd Quarter 2008, n. 52 v. 14
- Faszination Brücken (1st edition), Callwey, Munich (Germany), ISBN 3766713264, 1998; pp. 150-155
- Holzbrücken am Weg, Bruderverlag, Karlsruhe (Germany), ISBN 3871041262, 2001; pp. 22
- Rekonstruktion einer Holzbrücke in Japan, in "Bautechnik", March 2004, n. 3 v. 81
- Structural Preservation of the Japanese Historical Timber Bridge: Kintaikyo Bridge, presented at Third International Congress on Construction History, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus, Germany , 20th-24th May 2009.
Internal Information
| Structure-ID: | s0002032 |
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| Created: | 29/09/2001 |
| Last Updated: | 05/03/2013 |