Mino Bridge, Modern bridge in Gifu Prefecture, Japan
Mino Bridge is a pedestrian and bicycle suspension bridge over the Nagara River in Mino, Gifu Prefecture. Its single-span stiffened truss deck is 113.0 m long and 3.1 m wide, carried by reinforced-concrete towers; the deck is timber and the steel came from the state-run Yawata Works. The truss is painted vermilion and the towers white.
The bridge was built in modern times to replace the traditional ferry services that had long operated in this area. It marks the shift to a new transportation infrastructure.
The bridge's name is written 美濃橋, after Mino, the city it serves. Its setting is a riverside park: the surrounding area is laid out as a park, with Ogura Park, Ogura-yama and its castle, and the old Uwachi-minato landing nearby. The bridge is now for pedestrians and cyclists only; small shared buses crossed it until around 1965.
Mino Bridge is for pedestrians and cyclists only, so no vehicle traffic crosses it. It links the Uwachi and Maeno districts of Mino; the adjacent Shin-Mino Bridge on Route 81 carries road traffic. The deck is narrow, about 3.1 m wide, and the river below is about 60 m wide and up to 5 m deep, so entering the water is discouraged.
The main tower stands on a rock ledge jutting from the steep slope of Mount Ogura, whose bedrock continues down to the riverbed; the bridge was built to exploit this geology. Until around 1965 small shared buses also crossed it, though today it carries only pedestrians and cyclists.
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