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Salginatobel Bridge
Salginatobelbrücke

Completed in:	1930
Status:	in use
Location:	Between Schiers, Grisons, Switzerland and Schuders, Schiers, Grisons, Switzerland
Geographic Coordinates:	46° 48' 54" North 9° 43' 5" East
Crosses:	Salgina Valley

Salginatobel Bridge

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Structural Type:

Three-hinged arch bridge
hollow box

Function / usage:

Persons involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
Role	Name	Part of structure

Structural engineer	Robert Maillart
Falsework	Richard Coray

Firms, offices, etc. involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
Role	Name	Part of structure

Falsework	CORAY Construction SA

Technical information
	Description	Value
Construction materials used
deck	reinforced concrete
arch	reinforced concrete
Dimensions

	main span	90 m

Relevant Web Sites
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	archINFORM: Salginatobelbrücke
	Bernd Nebel: Die Salginatobelbrücke
	EPFL Guide des Ponts: Pont sur la Gorge de la Salgina
	Great Buildings Online: Salginatobel Bridge
	Schiers

Relevant Literature
	Beckett, Derrick Great Buildings of the World: Bridges, Paul Hamlyn, New York (USA) , 1969; pp. 120-130.
	Billington, David P. Maillart and the Salginatobel Bridge, Switzerland, in "Structural Engineering International", November 1991, n. 4 v. 1 .
	Billington, David P. Robert Maillart, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (United Kingdom) , ISBN 0521571324, 1997; pp. 136-144.
	Billington, David P. Robert Maillart and the Art of Reinforced Concrete, The MIT Press, Cambridge (USA) , ISBN 0262023105, 1990; pp. 44-50.
	Billington, David P. Robert Maillart's Bridges, Princeton University Press, Princeton (USA) , ISBN 0691024219, 1979; pp. 81-90, 109-115.
	Dupré, Judith Bridges, Black Dog & Leventhal, New York (USA) , ISBN 1884822754, 1997; pp. 70-71.
	Dupré, Judith Brücken, Könemann, Cologne (Germany) , ISBN 3829004095, 1998; pp. 70-71.
	Dupré, Judith Les ponts, Könemann, Cologne (Germany) , ISBN 3829004109; pp. 70-71.
	Figi, Heinrich Rehabilitation of the Salginatobel Bridge, in "Structural Engineering International", February 2000, n. 1 v. 10 .
	Kessler, Andreas Vom Holzsteg zum Weltmonument, AG Buchdurckerei Schiers, Schiers (Switzerland) , ISBN 3952096318, 1996.
	Picon, Antoine L'art de l'ingénieur, Éditions du Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (France) , ISBN 2858509115, 1997; pp. 434-435.

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