Pedestrian crossing - Oudan Hodoukyo

Japanese: 横断歩道橋 - おうだんほどうきょう
Pedestrian crossing - Oudan Hodoukyo

...A bridge for pedestrians to pass over. Some road bridges are used to separate the roadway from the sidewalk, but generally, a pedestrian bridge refers to a pedestrian crossing that crosses a road or a plaza. In Japan, pedestrian crossing bridges were rapidly built in the 1960s as part of a project to improve road safety facilities, and they contributed greatly to reducing the number of traffic fatalities by half.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "pedestrian crossing bridges" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…人の通行を目的とした橋。道路橋などにおいて,車道と歩道を分離するためにかけられるものもあるが,一般には道路や広場を横断してかけられる横断歩道橋を指す。日本では昭和40年代に交通安全施設等整備事業の中で横断歩道橋が急速に整備され,交通事故死者数を半減させることに大きく貢献した。…

※「横断歩道橋」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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