水穂大橋, Steel arch bridge in Sapporo, Japan

The Mizuho Bridge (Mizuho Ohashi) carries Nango Street across the Toyohira River. Because the river bends and narrows at this point, the bridge has no piers in the water; it is Hokkaido's first steel-deck basket-handle Nielsen-Lohse arch bridge, chosen to fit the cityscape. Its paint is light blue-green, and the centre of the footway holds a rest area.

The bridge opened in 1986 as the new crossing carrying Nango Street over the Toyohira River. Its name was formed from the first character of Kikusui and the second of Naebo, the districts on either bank. It was the first steel-deck basket-handle Nielsen arch built in Hokkaido, chosen because the river bends and narrows there, so no pier could stand in the water.

The name Mizuho combines the 'mizu' of Kikusui in Shiroishi Ward with the 'ho' of Naebo in Chuo Ward, the districts on either bank. The bridge carries Nango Street across the Toyohira River. Its paint colour, light blue-green, was chosen after a survey of residents and of primary school pupils in Chuo and Toyohira wards, to match the backdrop of Mount Teine and Mount Moiwa.

The bridge carries Nango Street across the Toyohira River, with a rest area set in the middle of the walkway. The arch's upper members can drop ice onto the roadway when traffic vibration or temperature changes loosen it, so heating devices are fitted to melt snow and ice.

The bridge's light blue-green paint was chosen after a survey of residents and primary school pupils in Chuo and Toyohira wards, then reviewed by Sapporo's urban landscape committee. The colour was picked to sit against the backdrop of Mount Teine and Mount Moiwa.