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Types of bridges managed by the Bridge Division
Last Updated March 25, 2022
There are many rivers in Yokohama, including the Tsurumi River, a first-class river, Katabira River, Okagawa and Sakaigawa River. In addition, there are many roads that intersect with expressways and railways, and many bridges are built in the city.
Of these, 1,709 road bridges managed by the Bridge Division are currently 1,709 bridges, making it an important urban infrastructure that supports citizens' lives and economic activities.
If the bridge of the road bridge is divided by structural members, a steel bridge made of iron, a concrete bridge made of reinforced concrete, a mixed bridge that is a complex of steel bridge and a concrete bridge, and a wooden bridge. It can be divided into "wood bridge" made and stone "stone bridge".
Steel bridge
Of the road bridges in the city, 649 bridges are made of steel.
There are various types of bridges, such as simple girder bridges, arched bridges, and truss bridges.
・Kasumi Bridge
Underground platform truss bridge over the Shinyamashita Canal
Completed in 2013. Bridge length: 32.96m Width: 6.0m
Received the 2013 Japan Society of Civil Engineers
Concrete bridge
The most road bridges in the city are concrete bridges, with 1,024 bridges.
There are also bridges with distinctive shapes, such as making piers and girder together.
・Kitajingashita viaduct Kitajingashita)
A continuous ramen bridge that spans the Jingashita Valley, Kawashima-cho, Hodogaya-ku, Hodogaya-ku on Route 2
Completed in 2001. Bridge length: 215m Width: 14m
Received the Tanaka Award of the Japan Society of Civil Engineers
Mixed bridge between steel bridge and concrete bridge
Of the road bridges in the city, 33 bridges are mixed bridges of concrete bridges and steel bridges.
It is a characteristic bridge that can be seen on a bridge with a long bridge length (bridge length)
・Hino Viaduct Hinokokyo)
A mixed bridge of concrete bridge and steel bridges over Hino, Konan-ku, Konan-ku, on Route 2
Completed in 1998. Bridge length: 446.5m Width: 14.5m
Kibashi
Wooden Bridge is a rare kind of bridge today.
Currently, two bridges are made of wood in the city.
・Minamoto no Ninohashi
A wooden bridge that spans the River in Kamigocho, Sakae-ku
Completed in 2001. Bridge length: 3.45m Width: 1.2m
Ishibashi
There is only one bridge in the city.
・Shoryubashi
An arched stone bridge over the Itachi River in Nagakura-cho, Sakae-cho
Completed in 1915. Bridge length: 5.5m Width: 1.5m
For inquiries to this page
Bridge Division, Road and Highway Bureau Construction Department
Phone: 045-671-2791
Phone: 045-671-2791
Fax: 045-662-3945
Email address: do-kyoryo@city.yokohama.jp
Page ID: 283-626-935