Matsuda Bridge
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- Japanese: 松田橋 (Matsuda hashi)
The Matsuda Bridge was a bridge in Naha, Okinawa which connected the Nakamo and Izumisaki areas across the Kumoji River.
The Nakamo side of the bridge was made up of sandbar, created from a land reclamation effort in 1884. The bridge was rebuilt in stone in 1888, and was at that time named after Matsuda Michinobu, vice president of the bank that funded the construction.
In conjunction with a road expansion project in 1917, the stone bridge was torn down and was replaced with a wooden bridge, some 16 meters in length and five meters across.
The bridge was destroyed in the 10/10 air raid in 1944.
References
- Plaque at former site of the Matsuda Bridge, Naha Izumisaki 1-chôme.[1]
