The Tokyo Gate Bridge, a 1.6-mile (2.6 km) structure using a cantilevered truss for the main span, will be opening this weekend. Cantilever trusses have for the most part been supplanted by other forms of construction such as cable stayed and suspension techniques. The designers decided on the truss form for this bridge because its location on the approach to Haneda airport meant that towers couldn’t be used. The bridge has become known as The Dinosaur Bridge because of the trusses’ resemblance to two dinosaurs facing off against each other. I don’t really see it myself, but then I don’t come a land that lives under the ever-present threat of an attack by Godzilla. Photo Credit: 多摩に暇人
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The Tokyo Gate Bridge, a 1.6-mile (2.6 km) structure using a cantilevered truss for the main span, will be opening this weekend.

Cantilever trusses have for the most part been supplanted by other forms of construction such as cable stayed and suspension techniques. The designers decided on the truss form for this bridge because its location on the approach to Haneda airport meant that towers couldn’t be used.

The bridge has become known as The Dinosaur Bridge because of the trusses’ resemblance to two dinosaurs facing off against each other. I don’t really see it myself, but then I don’t come a land that lives under the ever-present threat of an attack by Godzilla.

Photo Credit: 多摩に暇人

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