Aioi Bridge (相生橋) 相生橋
The Enola Gay's aiming point because of its T shape: missed by 300 m, rebuilt in 1983.
Aioi Bridge joins the two banks of the Motoyasu at the point where the river forks; its T shape, rare and recognisable from above, makes it the aiming point chosen for the bombing of 6 August 1945, according to the official fact sheet of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum: the bomb explodes 300 metres to the east, above Shima Hospital. The bridge then standing, completed on 11 December 1932, is damaged by the explosion but stays in use until its reconstruction, completed on 2 November 1983.
Hiroshima
Kenchō-mae, Hondōri, Genbaku Dome-mae
