JP-696603 Tokyo Gate Bridge

Tokyo Gate Bridge (東京ゲートブリッジ) is a truss cantilever bridge across Tokyo Bay in Kōtō, Tokyo.  This bridge is part of a new four-lane highway ringing Tokyo.  Construction began in 2002 and it was opened on 12 February 2012.

A nickname for the bridge is  'Dinosaur Bridge' (恐竜橋) This is because of its unusual (rather gawky) shape.  It looked like two monsters facing off.

The rather unusual design of this bridge is a result of opposing requirements: to be high enough to allow large ships to pass underneath, but low enough not to interfere with air traffic to the nearby Haneda Airport. It is a double cantilever bridge and is 2,618 metres in length and 87.8 metres high.

This postcard came from Takako (30 June 2015) Postcrossing.