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| Total length of the bridge: 119meters (Pratt truss part [pin-connected truss]: 85.3meters) width: 5.5meters |
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Koya-Kosenkyo
向野跨線橋
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| Total length of the bridge: 119meters (Pratt truss part [pin-connected truss]: 85.3meters) width: 5.5meters |
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Koya-Kosenkyo bridge is located west of Komeno Station on the Kintetsu
Line.(10 min. walk from the sation)
It was originaly made in USA (A&P Roberts Co.Ltd.) in 1899 as a bridge
of Hozu River in Kyoto.
Hozu River has been polular with "Hozugawa-kudari" (Boat tours
of Hozu River).
So, at that time, it was made as a very long bridge without bridge pier
on the riverbed .
It was built over the JR Kansai Line, Aonami Line and Kintetsu Nagoya Line
in 1930.
You cal also watch Shinkanse in the distance from the bridge.
The view from here is nice.
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| Some people love to watch trains. Even it was a cold day, they were waiting running trains. |
Foreign Minister of Japan, Seiji Maehara, is known as a railway fan.(Jan.
2011)
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| Tetchan/鉄ちゃん | Railway fan | - | |
| Tetsu/鉄 | Railway fan (They love trains as a machine) |
Nori-tetsu/乗り鉄 | Love to ride trains |
| Tori-tetsu/撮り鉄 | Love to take photos of a train | ||
| Tori-tetsu/録り鉄 | Love to collect sounds of stations (bell, sounds from train, music, etc.) and/or taking movies, etc. |
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| Soshiki-tetsu/葬式鉄 | Love almost retired car or railway, etc. | ||
| Tetsuo/鉄男 | Male railway fan | - | |
| Tetsuko/鉄子 | Female railway fan | Solo-Ttetsu/ソロ鉄 | Not married railway fan |
| Mama-tetsu/ママ鉄 | Mother who is addicted to railways with her children | ||
| Soft-tetsu/ソフト鉄 | Female railway fan who has limited interest. ex./Female who love to travel on a train and/or who love "Ekiben"(train lunch/boxed meals sold at stations) and/or who love to visit some local place by train and eat local cuisine, etc. |
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| Ko-tetsu/子鉄 | Reilway-fan-child | - | |
| Tetsu-Ota/鉄オタ | railway Otaku | - | |
| Tetsu-Doru/鉄ドル | An idol star who loves railway | ex. Kimura Yuko木村裕子 | |
| Tetsubun/鉄分 | Degree or level or stature about railway (Real meaning of "Tetsubun" is iron) |
Tetsubun-busoku/鉄分不足 "lit. iron deficiency" |
Luck of knowledge about railway |
| Tetsubun-houfu/鉄分豊富 "lit. iron-rich" |
Railway fan who has a good deal of knowledge | ||
| Tetsubun-Hokyu/鉄分補給 | Act in the spirit of the strategic notion about his interest of railway |
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| Hi-tetsu/非鉄 | Not a railway fan | - | |
Address
Komeno-cho, Nakamura-ku, Nagoya
名古屋市中村区米野
