The Old Harumi Railway Bridge

This was a railway bridge built in 1957 to service the old 豊洲石炭埠頭 (Toyosu Sekitan Futō) Toyosu Coal Wharf, a large pier set up for bringing coal into Tōkyō. The plant eventually shut down and turned into a bayside park and the bridge was used for pedestrian traffic only from 1989-2000.

 

In 2000, access to the bridge was closed by the Tōkyō Metropolitan Government for a number of reasons. One, there were concerns about the bridge's durability (ie; it needed repairs and no one wanted to pay for them). Two, the modern Harumi Bridge serviced both vehicular traffic and pedestrian traffic, so this bridge was redundant (this photo was taken from the modern Harumi Bridge). Three, there were no handles and side rails on the bridge, so it was seen as a safety hazard.

 

There's no plan to take down the bridge (nobody wants to pay for it), no plan to restore the bridge (nobody wants to pay for it), and the developers active in the area and local residents alike seem to like it, so it seems like the bridge will remain in place until it begins crumbling and poses a danger to boats passing through the channel.

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