From the reconstruction bridges of the Sumida River to the Tokyo Gate Bridge and the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge — the crossings that stitch the city together.
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Completed November 2008, this 550-metre road bridge spans the Harumi Canal between Harumi 5-chome in Chuo City and Toyosu 6-chome in Kōtō City. Its five-span continuous steel-deck V-leg box girder gives the crossing an unusually light silhouette. The vehicle lanes opened in November 2018 as part of Ring Road 2; a pedestrian and cycling path has been accessible since before the road opening.
Opened 25 March 2006, this 580-metre road bridge crosses the Harumi Canal between Harumi 3-chome in Chuo City and Toyosu 6-chome in Kōtō City. Shuto Expressway Route 10 opened through its central section in March 2018, completing a two-tier structure that was built into the design from the start.
Opened 10 April 1988, this road-rail combined bridge links Kojima in Kurashiki, Okayama with Sakaide, Kagawa across the Bisan Seto strait. Six bridges totalling 9,368 m in bridge length carry the Seto-Chuo Expressway above and the JR Bisan-Seto Line below — the world's longest road-rail combined crossing.
Completed in 1927, this steel-reinforced concrete arch bridge spans the Kanda River between Chiyoda and Bunkyo wards. Named through a public competition for the two sacred buildings on its banks — Nikolai Cathedral to the south and Yushima Seido to the north — it is recognized as a JSCE Civil Engineering Heritage site (2017) and a beloved Tokyo landmark.
Opened April 1998, this suspension bridge spans 3,911 m between Kobe and Awaji Island, with a world-record main span of 1,991 m. The twin towers rise 298.3 m above sea level. The bridge's total length was extended by one metre after the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake struck during construction.
A 2,618-metre steel truss bridge opened on 12 February 2012, spanning Tokyo Bay between Wakasu in Kōtō City and the Chuo Breakwater outer reclaimed island. At 87.8 metres above water and with a 440-metre main span — Japan's second-longest truss bridge — its paired truss superstructure has earned the nickname 'Dinosaur Bridge'.
A 246-metre steel road bridge completed in 1940 on the Sumida River. Its central span is Japan's only Chicago-style double-leaf bascule bridge, last opened in 1970. Designated an Important Cultural Property in 2007.
A three-span self-anchored suspension bridge completed in 1928, 186.2 metres long. Modelled on Germany's Great Suspension Bridge in Cologne, it was designed to be feminine and graceful, a counterpoint to the masculine strength of Eitai Bridge upstream. In 2007 it became the first road bridge under prefectural management to be designated an Important Cultural Property.
A stone double-arch bridge completed in 1911, carrying the Nihon Kokudo Rodo Hyoshiki — the national road origin marker — at its centre. Designated an Important Cultural Property in 1999. The expressway overhead is currently being put underground, with completion expected in the 2040s.
A steel tied-arch bridge completed in 1926, 184.7 metres long. Rebuilt in the reconstruction after the Great Kanto Earthquake and modelled on Germany's Ludendorff Bridge over the Rhine, it is the oldest surviving tied-arch bridge in Japan and the first there to exceed a 100-metre span. Designated an Important Cultural Property in 2007.