Nagoya Port Drawbridge

Nagoya Port Drawbridge 名古屋港跳上橋
Nagoya Port Drawbridge
Carries	Rail
Crosses	Nagoya Port
Locale	Nagoya
Owner	Nagoya Port Authority
Designer	Utarō Yamamoto
Total length	63.4 metres (208 ft)
Width	4.7 metres (15 ft)
Longest span	23.8 metres (78 ft)
Load limit	40 tonnes (44 short tons)
Opened	June 20, 1927 (1927-06-20)
Heritage status	Tangible Cultural Properties of Japan Heritage of Modern Industrialization
Closed	March 1986 (1986-03)
Coordinates	35°05′36.92″N 136°53′15.62″E / 35.0935889°N 136.8876722°E / 35.0935889; 136.8876722Coordinates: 35°05′36.92″N 136°53′15.62″E / 35.0935889°N 136.8876722°E / 35.0935889; 136.8876722
References: [1] [2]

The Nagoya Port Drawbridge (名古屋港跳上橋, nagoyakō haneagebashi^?) is a drawbridge in Nagoya Port in Nagoya, Japan.

History

It was used on a rail line bound for Nagoya but has not been used since the rail line it belonged to was retired in March of 1986, and now it remains up at all times. Completed in 1926; 85 years ago (1926), it is the oldest drawbridge in Japan still in existence.

Heritage Status

Since 1999, it has been a Registered Tangible Cultural Property of Japan of Japan, and it is also registered in Japan as an artifact of the Heritage of Modern Industrialization.

References

1. ^ "1" (in Japanese), 広報なごや (名古屋市市長室広報課) (757): 1, January 2011 
2. ^ "ガーデンふ頭に荷役の歴史　－跳上橋－". Nagoya Port Authority. March 2006. http://www.port-authority.minato.nagoya.jp/topics/portnews/No.55/haneage_basi/haneage_basi.html. Retrieved 29 December 2010.