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The longest viaduct in Switzerland is the Yverdon Viaduct [], built in 1984 on the A5 motorway with a total length of 3,155 metres (10,351 ft). [S 30] [12] The Letzigraben Bridge [], near Zürich Hauptbahnhof, is the longest railway viaduct in the country measuring 1,156 metres (3,793 ft).
Location Year listed UNESCO criteria Description Salginatobel Bridge: Grisons 2017 i, iv (cultural) The reinforced concrete bridge, 132 metres (433 ft) long and spanning 93 metres (305 ft) over the Salgina gorge, was designed by Swiss civil engineer Robert Maillart (1872–1949) and was completed in 1930. The bridge is prominent due to the ...
The Kapellbrücke (literally, Chapel Bridge) is a covered wooden footbridge spanning the river Reuss diagonally in the city of Lucerne in central Switzerland.Named after the nearby St. Peter's Chapel, [1] the bridge is unique in containing a number of interior paintings dating back to the 17th century, although many of them were destroyed along with a larger part of the centuries-old bridge in ...
The most ancient form of timber bridge is the log bridge, created by felling a tree over a gap needing to be crossed. [ citation needed ] Among the oldest timber bridges is the Holzbrücke Rapperswil-Hurden crossing upper Lake Zürich in Switzerland; the prehistoric timber piles discovered to the west of the Seedamm date back to 1523 B.C.
Holzbrücke Rapperswil-Hurden is a wooden pedestrian bridge between the city of Rapperswil and the village of Hurden crossing the Obersee (the upper part of Lake Zurich) in Switzerland. On 6 April 2001, the footbridge was opened. With a length of 841 metres (2,759 ft) it is the longest wooden bridge in Switzerland. The wooden bridge has many ...
The original bridle path across Schöllenen was realised by means of a wooden ledge attached to the rock wall, known as Twärrenbrücke, and a wooden bridge across the gorge, recorded as stiebende Brugge 'spray bridge' in 1306. The Twärrenbrücke (from twer 'across, athwart' [5]) rested on beams laid across the gorge.
Pages in category "Wooden bridges in Switzerland" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. H.
Celtic wooden statue from Eschenz, c. 10 BC Map of late Iron Age Switzerland on the eve of the Roman conquest, indicating tribal territories, large settlements and oppida The Swiss plateau lay in the western part of the Early Iron Age Hallstatt culture , [ 11 ] and it participated in the early La Tène culture (named for the type site at Lake ...