Chikugo River Lift Bridge
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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Chikugo River Lift Bridge is a vertical lift railway bridge across the Chikugo River in Ky sh , Japan. It was completed in 1935. The bridge has a total length of 507.2 metres (1,664 ft), with a moveable span of 24.2 metres (79 ft) long and a vertical rise of 23 metres (75 ft). [1] It links kawa, Fukuoka with Morodomi, Saga, and previously was part of the Saga Railway Line. When that line ceased operation in 1987 the bridge was closed to traffic. But in 1996 it was…mehr

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Chikugo River Lift Bridge is a vertical lift railway bridge across the Chikugo River in Ky sh , Japan. It was completed in 1935. The bridge has a total length of 507.2 metres (1,664 ft), with a moveable span of 24.2 metres (79 ft) long and a vertical rise of 23 metres (75 ft). [1] It links kawa, Fukuoka with Morodomi, Saga, and previously was part of the Saga Railway Line. When that line ceased operation in 1987 the bridge was closed to traffic. But in 1996 it was reopened for pedestrians in response to requests from the public.A precision miniature model of the bridge, which describes its structure, was exhibited at the Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne (1937). Today this model is on display in at the Railway Museum (Saitama).The bridge viewed from the Morodomi sideThe bridge was designated an Important Cultural Property in 2003, and in 2007 it was included in the Mechanical Engineering Heritage as item No.23.