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Chain Bridge
Kettensteg

Completed in:	1824
Location:	Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany

Chain Bridge, Nuremberg, with Fronveste in the background.

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Structural Type:

Chain suspension bridge

Function / usage:

Pedestrian bridge (footbridge)

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

	Johann Georg Kuppler

Technical information
	Description	Value
Construction materials used
deck	wood
girder	wrought iron
chains	wrought iron

Chronology

1930

Intermediate supports are added.

Relevant Literature
	Jurecka, Charlotte Brücken (2^nd edition), Verlag Anton Schroll & Co., Vienna (Austria) , ISBN 3703106204, 1986; pp. 181.
	Kürzinger, Georg Nürnberg, Verlag C. J. Bucher, Munich (Germany) , ISBN 3765809683; pp. 99.
	Petri, R. Der Kettensteg in Nürnberg - die älteste erhaltene eiserne Hängebrücke Kontinentaleuropas, in "Stahlbau", May 2004, n. 5 v. 73 .

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