the carries japanese kashiwazaki takahama horinouchi line road no. 23 in niigata prefecture. the bridge replaced others on this site. possibly the most notable was a bridge originally constructed by andrew handyside & co of derby. this bridge had been designed as a bridge for the japanese national railway in 1896 named "shinanogawa bridge" (信濃川橋梁) and saw good service until 1952. in 1959 it was remodeled to be the "koshiji bridge" as a road bridge. this was eventually made redundant when a bypass was constructed in 1998 and in 2002 the old handyside bridge was shortened and moved to a park to preserve it.