Collapsed Aso Bridge Viewpoint (数鹿流崩之碑展望所) 数鹿流崩之碑展望所

The girders of the bridge that collapsed in 2016 have stayed where they fell: you can see them from the viewpoint.

On 16 April 2016, with the main shock of the Kumamoto earthquake, Aso Bridge (阿蘇大橋, built between 1970 and 1971) collapsed completely. At first a large nearby landslide was blamed; later investigations point to a shift of the ground under the piers. A university student from Aso, who was crossing the bridge by car, died in the collapse. The part of the girder left at the collapse site is preserved as 震災遺構, a ‘sign of the earthquake’ left in place, and in 2021 it was fixed with cables. The landslide is called 数鹿流崩れ (Sugaru-kuzure), and the stele 数鹿流崩之碑 commemorates its damage. The new bridge, the 新阿蘇大橋, is 525 m long in total and has been open since 7 March 2021. About 570 m away on foot is Sugaruga Falls (数鹿流ヶ滝), with a drop of 60 m and a width of 20, on the list of the ‘Hundred Waterfalls of Japan’ (日本の滝百選): it can be seen from the new bridge, not from the stele.

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