Harumi Ōhashi

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.

Use

Bridge

Area

Chuo City / Kōtō City, Tokyo

Completed

2006

Height

24.2 m

A Two-Tier Bridge Planned from the Start

Harumi Ōhashi — the Great Harumi Bridge — spans 580 metres across the Harumi Canal between Harumi 3-chome in Chuo City and Toyosu 6-chome in Kōtō City. It opened on 25 March 2006 as part of Tokyo Metropolitan Route 304 (Ariake Avenue), a trunk road linking central Tokyo with the waterfront secondary centre. The highest point of the bridge deck stands 24.2 metres above sea level. From the outset, the piers were built wide enough to receive the girders of Shuto Expressway Route 10 Harumi Line through the central section — capacity planned in from the beginning.

That design intention was realised on 10 March 2018, when the Route 10 Harumi Line section between Harumi and Toyosu opened. General roadway and footpaths continue along both sides of the bridge deck, while the expressway now runs through the centre, creating a two-level crossing that took nearly twenty years to reach its intended form. The bridge stands as a clear example of infrastructure planned with an explicit long-term stage in mind.

From Athletes’ Village Artery to Everyday Crossing

The Harumi district that the bridge serves was developed as the athletes’ village for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, and afterwards converted into Harumi Flag, one of Tokyo’s largest residential developments. During the Games the bridge helped carry people and supplies to the village; since then it has become a daily artery for thousands of residents. On the Toyosu side of the bridge, a line of high-rise towers — including Park Tower Harumi — frames the rapid urbanisation of this stretch of waterfront.

Looking south from the bridge deck, the Harumi Canal opens out toward Tokyo Bay, and on clear days the twin trusses of Tokyo Gate Bridge or the cables of Rainbow Bridge come into view across the water. The crossing is short enough to walk or cycle comfortably, and the layered silhouettes of Tokyo’s bay bridges make it a rewarding vantage point.

Summary

Harumi Ōhashi opened on 25 March 2006 and runs 580 metres between Harumi and Toyosu. Built to accommodate Shuto Expressway Route 10 from the start, the bridge reached its final two-tier form when the expressway opened in 2018. Through the transformation of the Olympic athletes’ village into a residential district, the bridge has remained the primary link — functional, unhurried, and worth a detour for the bay views it commands.

For accommodation in the Harumi and Toyosu area, Rakuten Travel covers the waterfront hotels well.