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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)
Next to: Fronveste

Persons involved with this structure

Legend: Phase of works
RoleNamePart of structure 
  Johann Georg Kuppler

Technical information

DescriptionValue

Construction materials used

deck  wood
girder  wrought iron
chains  wrought iron

Chronology

1930
Intermediate supports are added.

Relevant Literature

* Jurecka, Charlotte   Brücken (2nd 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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