Kanenohashi Monument

Under the elevated

Original Text

It is under the elevated bridge, a few minutes walk from Kannai. It is said that Japan's first metal bridge was bridged here, but there is only a memorial plate.

The iron bridge is the starting point of Japan

Original Text

A monument stands under the JR elevated. It feels like almost no one looks at it, but it was an indispensable technology for the development of bridges in Japan. Until then, there were wooden bridges and stone bridges, but such bridges have changed completely. It is an important monument.

A balustrade with the image of Japan's first truss iron bridge

Original Text

This is the place where Japan's first truss iron bridge was bridged in 1897. Currently, the railing of Yoshida Bridge is designed with that in mind. The explanation board of the bridge is under the JR elevated on the north side of the bridge.

Now bridge の under は Capital Expressway

Original Text

The Yoshida Bridge, built in 1869, is the first truss-structured iron bridge in Japan designed by Richard Henry Branton. The stone monument and his statue were built, but now under the bridge is the Metropolitan Expressway and cars are running.

｢ Symbol of civilization and enlightenment as the bridge of money ｣

Original Text

Yoshida Bashi bridge, which was located on the road following the carriage road, was rebuilt into the first truss type iron bridge in Japan by the design of British engineer Branton in 1868. ｢ It seems that it has become a symbol of civilization and enlightenment as the bridge of money ｣.