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Sunniberg Bridge
Sunnibergbrücke

Built:	1996 - 1998
Status:	in use
Location:	Near Klosters-Serneus, Grisons, Switzerland
Geographic Coordinates:	46° 53' 9" North 9° 51' 23" East

Sunniberg Bridge

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Structural Type:

Extradosed bridge
harp arrangement, multicable

Function / usage:

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

Design concept	Christian Menn
Architect	Andrea Deplazes
Project manager	Heinrich Figi

Firms, offices, etc. involved with this structure
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Role	Name	Part of structure

Owner	Canton of Graubünden
Client	Tiefbauamt Graubünden
Construction	Batigroup AG
	Vetsch AG
Stay cables	Stahlton AG
Construction supervision	Bänziger + Köppel + Brändli + Partner
	Wüst Rellstab Schmid AG
Project management	Bänziger + Köppel + Brändli + Partner

Technical information
	Description	Value
Construction materials used
cables	steel
deck	reinforced concrete
piers	reinforced concrete
Dimensions

	total length	526 m
	longest span	140 m
	span lengths	59 m - 128 m - 140 m - 134 m - 65 m
	horizontal radius of curvature	503 m
	bridge surface	6 510 m²
	height above valley floor or water	50 - 60 m
deck	deck width	12.378 m
pylons	pylon height	max. 77 m
Quantities used in construction

	structural steel	240 t
	concrete volume	8 500 m³
	prestressing steel	50 t
	reinforcing steel	1 250 t
Cost

	cost of construction	CHF 17 000 000

Relevant Web Sites
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	archINFORM: Sunnibergbrücke
	IABSE: Outstanding Structure Award 2001: Sunniberg Bridge, Klosters

Relevant Literature
	Die Sunnibergbrücke bei Klosters (CH), in "beton", 2001, n. 4 v. 51 .
	Sunnibergbrücke, Schweiz / Sunniberg Bridge, Switzerland, in "Detail - Zeitschrift für Architektur + Baudetail", December 1999, n. 8 v. 39 .
	Baumann, Karl Sunniberg Bridge, Klosters, Switzerland, presented at IABSE Conference, Malmö 1999 - Cable-stayed bridges. Past, present and future.
	Eugen, Brühwiler Ten Years of Structural Engineering International, in "Structural Engineering International", February 2001, n. 1 v. 11 .
	Figi, H. Sunniberg Bridge, Klosters, Switzerland, in "Structural Engineering International", February 1997, n. 1 v. 7 .
	Honigmann, Chelsea Conceptual Design for the Sunniberg Bridge, in "Journal of Bridge Engineering (ASCE)", May - June 2003, n. 3 v. 8 .
	Menn, Christian Baukultur im Brückenbau, in "Baukultur", 1998, n. 3 .
	Menn, Christian Functional Shaping of Piers and Pylons, in "Structural Engineering International", November 1998, n. 4 v. 8 .
	Vogel, Thomas Christiann Menn, Birkhäuser Verlag (Basel, Boston, Berlin), Basel (Switzerland) , ISBN 3764357525, 1997; pp. 88-91.
	Wells, Matthew 30 Bridges, Laurence King, ISBN 1856692175, 2002; pp. 126-129.
	Wells, Matthew 30 Brücken, Callwey Verlag, Munich (Germany) , ISBN 3766715011; pp. 126-129.

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