Aioi Bridge

The 1983 Aioi Bridge
Photograph of the original Aioi Bridge from above, illustrating its T shape.
The original Aioi Bridge
The area around ground zero after the Hiroshima bombing. The T-shaped Aioi Bridge is visible near the center.

The Aioi Bridge (相生橋, aioi bashi) is an unusual T-shaped three-way bridge in Hiroshima, Japan. The original bridge, constructed in 1932, was the aiming point for the 1945 Hiroshima atom bomb both because its shape was easily recognized from the air and its location was close to the center of the city.[1]

  1. ^ Wyden, Peter (1984). Day one: before Hiroshima and after. Simon and Schuster. p. 239. ISBN 978-1476791739.