Abeno Bridge, Railway bridge in Tennōji, Japan.
The Abeno Bridge is a railway bridge in Tennōji that spans across train tracks, connecting Hidenin-cho and Abenosuji. Its rigid-frame structure allows pedestrians and vehicles to cross the railway line at this location.
The first bridge on this site was built in 1889, when the Osaka Railway opened its line through the cutting in the Uemachi plateau. The present structure dates from a 1943 replacement. Its name comes from the Abeno-kaidō, the old road from Shitennō-ji to Sumiyoshi Taisha; the tram stop and the Kintetsu station Osaka-Abenobashi took their names from the bridge.
The bridge gives its name to two stations: Osaka Abenobashi Station of Kintetsu, at the south-east foot, and the former Osaka City Tram Abenobashi stop at the north end, abolished in 1968. The name itself comes from the Abeno Kaido, the old road from Shitenno-ji to Sumiyoshi Taisha.
The bridge carries Osaka Prefectural Route 30 (Tanimachi-suji) over the JR Kansai Main Line and Osaka Loop Line. The Hankai Uemachi Line's Tennoji-ekimae stop is at the south end, and an Osaka City Bus stop called "Abeno-bashi" is on the east side of the bridge. The north end meets the Tennoji-ekimae intersection, and south of the Kintetsu-mae intersection the road is called Abeno-suji.
The bridge carries the roadway above the railway cutting, not below it: the 1943 rigid-frame deck, 61.74 m long and 35.34 m wide, spans the JR Kansai Main Line and Osaka Loop Line tracks. Its name comes from the Abeno-kaidō road from Shitennō-ji to Sumiyoshi Taisha, and the nearby Kintetsu Ōsaka-Abenobashi Station takes its name from the bridge.
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