Tokyo Gate Bridge

Tokyo Gate Bridge

東京ゲートブリッジ
Tokyo Gate Bridge, January 2015
Coordinates35°36′41″N 139°49′38″E / 35.61139°N 139.82722°E / 35.61139; 139.82722
CarriesRoad traffic (4 lanes), pedestrians
CrossesTokyo Bay
LocaleKōtō City (Tokyo, Japan), between Chubo and Wakasu artificial islands)
Characteristics
Designcantilever bridge
Total length2,618 metres (8,589 ft) including approaches
Width21 metres (69 ft)
Height87.8 metres (288 ft)
Longest span440 metres (1,440 ft)
No. of spans3
Clearance below54.6 metres (179 ft)
History
Construction start2002
Construction end2011
Opened2012
Statistics
TollNone
Location
Map

Tokyo Gate Bridge (東京ゲートブリッジ, Tōkyō gēto burijji) is a truss cantilever bridge across Tokyo Bay in Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan. It opened on 12 February 2012[1][2] with an estimated total construction cost of ¥113,000,000,000 (equivalent to ¥119,120,400,000 in 2019) for the Stage II section of highway including the bridge.[3] it is similar to those as Forth Bridge in the UK and Quebec Bridge in Canada and Queensboro Bridge in the United States.

  1. ^ "Stay in Tsukiji, see Tokyo Gate Bridge". The Japan Times. 24 February 2012. Archived from the original on 10 September 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  2. ^ "Tokyo Gate Bridge opens to traffic". Japan Today. 13 February 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  3. ^ Official "flyer" shows Stage II including Tokyo Gate Bridge, with a budget as of November 2009 "東京港臨海道路II期事業の概要" [Tokyo Bay Waterfront Highway Stage II work overview] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. 2011. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 January 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2012.