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Structure-ID: s0000076
Created on: 28/10/98
Modified on: 28/05/08


Tavanasa Bridge

Rheinbrücke bei Tavanasa
Completed in: 1906
Status: destroyed
Location: Tavanasa, Grisons, Switzerland
Crossed: Vorderrhein
Tavanasa Bridge<br>From the private collection of Ignaz Derungs.
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Structural Type:
Three-hinged arch bridge
hollow box
Replaced by: Tavanasa Bridge (1928)

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 51 m
Cost
  cost of construction CHF 28 000.00

Notes & Comments
This bridge was destroyed in an avalanche in 1927 and replaced by a different arch design.

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External LinkarchINFORM: Tavanasabrücke über den Rhein English German French Spanish Italian
External LinkEPFL Guide des Ponts: Pont de Tavanasa (1905) French

Relevant Literature
* Billington, David P.   Robert Maillart, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (United Kingdom) , ISBN 0521571324, 1997; pp. 38-42, 136-9.
* Billington, David P.   Robert Maillart and the Art of Reinforced Concrete, The MIT Press, Cambridge (USA) , ISBN 0262023105, 1990; pp. 10-13.
* Billington, David P.   Robert Maillart's Bridges, Princeton University Press, Princeton (USA) , ISBN 0691024219, 1979; pp. 77-80.
* Billington, David P.   The Tower and the Bridge, Princeton University Press, Princeton (USA) , ISBN 069102393X, 1983; pp. 158-159.

 
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