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Taushubetsu River Bridge -- Kamishihoro, Japan
Author: WebDigger
Date: 12-27-2021 - 09:55

"Every year, from January to May, when the water level of Lake Nukabira decreases, a crumbling structure resembling an ancient Roman aqueduct makes its appearance from beneath the reservoir’s surface: this is the Taushubetsu River Bridge, a lonesome “phantom bridge” doomed to be lost before long.

Originally part of the now-discontinued Shihoro Line railway’s route, the bridge was built in 1939 across the Taushubetsu, a small tributary of the Otofuke River. The name means “birch-infested river” in the tongue of Ainu, the indigenous people living in northern Japan."
-- Read the full article at [www.atlasobscura.com]

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