Ichikawa Bridge, Road bridge between Edogawa-ku and Ichikawa, Japan

Ichikawa Bridge crosses the Edo River to connect Edogawa-ku in Tokyo with the city of Ichikawa in Chiba Prefecture. It carries Japan National Route 14 along with several prefectural and metropolitan roads that handle thousands of vehicles every day.

The Edo River was crossed by ferry on the Sakura Kaidō until 16 January 1905, when the first wooden bridge, Edogawa Bridge, opened near the ferry landing. A railway bridge followed alongside it, and on 2 December 1927 a steel bridge opened at the present site and was renamed Ichikawa Bridge. The current structure dates from a full replacement: the downstream carriageway was finished in September 1963 and the upstream one in March 1967.

The bridge's name changed from Edogawa Bridge to Ichikawa Bridge in December 1927, when the steel span was moved to its present site south of the old crossing. The Edo River was once crossed here by ferry on the Sakura Kaidō, and a barrier station stood on the road.

The bridge is part of the main road system and experiences heavy vehicle traffic during peak hours, so delays are common. Pedestrians and cyclists should use the sidewalks and watch for active traffic flow.

Between Ichikawa Bridge and the Imai Bridge over the Old Edo River, about 8 km of the Edo has no general road crossing, the longest such gap on a directly managed river in the Tokyo metropolitan area. A new crossing, provisionally called Oshikiri Bridge, has been planned since 2022.