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Structure-ID: s0002032
Created on: 09/29/01
Modified on: 04/04/08


Kintai Bridge

Completed in: 1673
Location: Iwakuni, Yamaguchi, Japan
Crosses: Nishiki River
Kintai Bridge
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Structural Type:
Arch bridge
Function / usage:
Pedestrian bridge (footbridge)

Technical information
DescriptionValue
Construction materials used
piers  stone
arches  wood
Dimensions
  width 5.00 m
  total length 193.3m
  span lengths 34.8 m - 3 x 35.1 m - 34.8 m
  number of spans 5

Chronology
1674
Two piers carried away by flooding, reconstructed the same year.
1950
Bridge is destroyed due to flooding caused by typhoon Gijia.
1953
Bridge is carefully reconstructed with scour protection and concrete cores for the piers.

Relevant Literature
* DeLony, Eric   Authentic argument, in "Bridge Design & Engineering", 3rd Quarter 2008, n. 52 v. 14 .
* Dietrich, Richard J.   Faszination Brücken (1st edition), Callwey, Munich (Germany) , ISBN 3766713264, 1998; pp. 150-155.
* Gerold, Matthias   Holzbrücken am Weg, Bruderverlag, Karlsruhe (Germany) , ISBN 3871041262, 2001; pp. 22.
* Henrichsen, Ch.   Rekonstruktion einer Holzbrücke in Japan, in "Bautechnik", March 2004, n. 3 v. 81 .
* Yoda, Teruhiko   Structural Preservation of the Japanese Historical Timber Bridge: Kintaikyo Bridge, presented at Third International Congress on Construction History, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus, Germany , 20th-24th May 2009.

 
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