A is a
low water crossing
A low-water crossing (also known as an Irish bridge or Irish Crossing, causeway in Australia, low-level crossing or low-water bridge) is a low-elevation roadway traversing over a waterbody that stays dry above the water when the flow is low ...
bridge in Japan, so named locally because of the way it seems to tremble underfoot like ''konnyaku'' (
konjac) jelly. Several are even officially named "konnyaku bridge", and this type of bridge can be found throughout Japan.
During low tide a konnyaku bridge can be crossed, but during high tide the bridge girdle and pier are submerged by water, rendering it unusable. Moreover, many are unsafe because they are narrow, lack hand rails, or have fallen into disrepair. Hence many are slated for demolition and are being replaced by other kinds of bridge. Examples that have been demolished include the
Moguri and
Hamatakabō bridges.
References
Sources
the origin and history of this kind of bridge
External links
Konnyaku bridge song- YouTube (the theme song for Inagawa Bridge in
Hyōgo Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Hyōgo Prefecture has a population of 5,469,762 () and a geographic area of . Hyōgo Prefecture borders Kyoto Prefecture to the east, Osaka Prefecture to th ...
, since replaced by a girder bridge)
Bridges in Japan
{{Japan-bridge-struct-stub