Sakitama Bridge

What it is

• A two-span continuous steel cable-stayed bridge spanning the Arakawa and Shingashi Rivers.
• Opened in November 1992 to connect Toda City and Wako City in Saitama.
• Designated as one of the 100 Bridges of Kanto and a primary emergency transport road.
• Carries National Route 298 and the Tokyo Gaikan Expressway across the water.

What to see

• A central main tower standing 80.0 meters high above the river landscape.
• The total bridge structure stretching across a length of 1,485.9 meters.
• Pedestrian sidewalks integrated into the 55.4 meter wide bridge deck.
• Views of the nearby Arakawa First Retention Basin from the bridge.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.