Overview of Bandai Bridge
Excellent bridge with practicality, strength and beauty
- Practicality : Bandai Bridge handles about 30,000 vehicles per day.
- Strength : Bandai Bridge that survived the Niigata Earthquake by utilizing reconstruction techniques from the Great Kanto Earthquake.
- Beauty : Bandai Bridge has six arches that create stability and lightness and are beautifully covered with granite.
The Bandai Bridge over the Shinano River harmonizes the beauty of the arch with the solid stone structure, and the appearance of the bridge is spacious and personal.
Also, it withstood the 1964 Niigata Earthquake and played a major role in evacuating, rescuing, and recovering from disasters.
Bandai Bridge is a symbol of Niigata City because it has beauty, personality, and strength. Niigata citizens are proud of Bandai Bridge.
The current Bandai Bridge is the third generation and introduces the outline of this bridge.
- Name
- Bandai Bridge(萬代橋)
- Location
- Between Shimookawamaedori/Kawabatacho and Bandai, Chuo Ward, Niigata City via National Route 7
- Structure
- Reinforced concrete with six arches structure
- Length
- 306.9 meters
- Width
- 22.0 meters
- Transition
- First generation: November 1886-March 1908
Second generation: December 1909-August 1929
Third generation: August 1929-present
- Date designated as Important Cultural Properties
- July 6, 2004