Chikugo River Lift Bridge

IT is a vertical lift railroad connect over the Chikugo River in Kyushu, Japan.

The Chikugo River Lift Bridge, the image of Morodomi town in Saga city, traverses the greatest stream in Kyushu, Chikugo River, and is one of just a modest bunch of moveable life railroad connects on the planet.

It is 507 meters in length and the area between the two 30-meter high towers can ascend to a tallness of 23 meters simply like a lift, enabling huge vessels to go underneath.

Prior to the scaffold was fabricated, local people were attempting to discover an answer for assemble a railroad extension to enable trains to cross this wide waterway, with an extraordinary contrast in water level amongst high and low tide, while not obstructing the section of vast vessels, which as often as possible went on Chikugo River.