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Structure-ID: s0000064
Created on: 10/28/98
Modified on: 05/28/08


Schwandbach Bridge

Schwandbachbrücke
Completed in: 1933
Location: Near Hinterfultigen, Berne, Switzerland
Crosses: Schwandbach Creek
Schwandbach Bridge
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Structural Type:
Arch bridge
deck-stiffened

Persons involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
RoleNamePart of structure 
Structural engineer Robert Maillart

Technical information
DescriptionValue
Construction materials used
arch  reinforced concrete
Dimensions
  main span 37 m

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External LinkarchINFORM: Schwandbachbrücke English German French Spanish Italian
External LinkEPFL Guide des Ponts: Pont sur le Schwandbach French

Relevant Literature
* Bill, Max   Robert Maillart, Verlag für Architektur, Zurich (Switzerland) , 1949.
* Billington, David P.   Robert Maillart, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (United Kingdom) , ISBN 0521571324, 1997; pp. 174-182.
* Billington, David P.   Robert Maillart and the Art of Reinforced Concrete, The MIT Press, Cambridge (USA) , ISBN 0262023105, 1990; pp. 66-70.
* Billington, David P.   Robert Maillart's Bridges, Princeton University Press, Princeton (USA) , ISBN 0691024219, 1979.
* Picon, Antoine   L'art de l'ingénieur, Éditions du Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (France) , ISBN 2858509115, 1997; pp. 440-442.

 
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