錦帯橋の構造的特徴と平成の架け替えについて

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The Kintai bridge is a large arch bridge with five spans made of wood. It is well known that one of the most beautiful bridges in Japan by reason of skillful superstructures made of wood and substructures made of stone, and harmony with environment including clear stream of the Nishiki river all the year round. Bridges over the Nishiki river had been washed away by flood before the Edo era. It was expected to construct a very strong bridge which is never washed away by flood. The long-expected bridge was completed in 1673. However, the 1674 flood washed the bridge away. The rebuilt bridge was washed away by the flood due to typhoon in 1950. Then the Kintai bridge was reconstructed in 1953. The superstructures made of wood were completely renewed in 2004. In this report, the summary of characteristics of skillful structures, periodical field tests every five years which have been carried out after the renewal in 1953, and finally the principal features of renewal in Heisei era are described.
阿南工業高等専門学校の論文