Kapellbrücke
General Information
| Structural Type: |
Covered bridge
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| Function / usage: |
Pedestrian bridge (footbridge)
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| Built: | 1300 - 1333 |
| Status: | rebuilt |
Geographic Information & Related Structures
| Location: |
Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland, Europe |
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| Connects to |
Lucerne Water Tower
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Technical Information
Dimensions
| total length | 285 m |
Materials
| deck |
wood
|
|---|---|
| piers |
stone
wood |
| columns |
stone
|
Chronology
| 18 August 1993 | Bridge is largely destroyed by fire and subsequently rebuilt. |
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Participants
Currently there is no information available about persons or companies having participated in this project.
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- Historische Holzbrücke in Luzern bei Feuer zerstört, in "Bautechnik", October 1993, n. 10 v. 70
- Tierra sobre el agua, Colegio de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos, Madrid (Spain), ISBN 8438001483, 1999; pp. 166-167
- Bridges that Changed the World, Prestel, Munich (Germany), ISBN 3791327011, 2002; pp. 34-35
- Brücken, die die Welt verbinden, Prestel, Munich (Germany), ISBN 3791327003, 2002; pp. 34-35
Internal Information
| Structure-ID: | s0002227 |
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| Created: | 09/11/2001 |
| Last Updated: | 05/03/2013 |