Nagoya Port Drawbridge


The Nagoya Port Drawbridge is a drawbridge in Nagoya Port in Nagoya, Japan.

History

It was used on a rail line bound for Nagoya but has not been used since the rail line it belonged to was retired in March 1986, and now it remains up at all times. Completed in, it is the oldest drawbridge in Japan still in existence.

Heritage Status

Since 1999, it has been a Registered Tangible Cultural Property of Japan of Japan, and it is also registered in Japan as an artifact of the Heritage of Modern Industrialization.