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Structure-ID: s0000062
Created on: 10/28/98
Modified on: 05/28/08


Salginatobel Bridge

Salginatobelbrücke
Completed in: 1930
Status: in use
Location: Between Schiers, Grisons, Switzerland and Schuders, Grisons, Switzerland
Crosses: Salgina Valley
Salginatobel Bridge
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Structural Type:
Three-hinged arch bridge
hollow box
Function / usage:
Road bridge

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

Firms, offices, etc. involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
RoleNamePart of structure 
Falsework CORAY Construction SA

Technical information
DescriptionValue
Construction materials used
deck  reinforced concrete
arch  reinforced concrete
Dimensions
  main span 90 m

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External LinkarchINFORM: Salginatobelbrücke English German French Spanish Italian
External LinkBernd Nebel: Die Salginatobelbrücke German
External LinkEPFL Guide des Ponts: Pont sur la Gorge de la Salgina French
External LinkGreat Buildings Online: Salginatobel Bridge English
External LinkSchiers German

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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