信濃橋

One of the bridges over the Nishi-Yokobori River, called Tondamachi-bashi in early times and later Toi-bashi; the name Shinano appears in records of the Genroku years (1688-1704). It was then 13 ken 1 shaku long, about 25.9 m, and 2 ken wide, about 3.9 m. The Nishi-Yokobori River is said to have been cut by the first Nagase Shichiroemon, a timber merchant, and ran north and south through the centre of Osaka from the Tosabori River to the Dotonbori River. Merchant houses of many kinds stood along it, timber merchants and pottery dealers above all. When the city trams opened in Taisho 2 (1913) Shinanobashi was rebuilt as an iron bridge of three spans, with two piers in the water, a simple steel plate girder 23.0 m long and 22.0 m wide, but the Nishi-Yokobori River was filled in between Showa 39 and 46 (1964-1971) for the building of the Hanshin Expressway and the bridge disappeared. Only a stone monument remains.

Translated from the Osaka Prefecture and Osaka City tourist listings (観光施設一覧, CC BY 4.0).