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Illerbrücken Kempten

Railroad bridegs across the Iller at Kempten.Viiew after completion. © Deutsches Museum, with kind permission. For reproduction inquiries, please contact the photo library (Bildstelle) of the museum using the link immediately below.
Railroad bridegs across the Iller at Kempten.Scaffolding used during construction. © Deutsches Museum, with kind permission. For reproduction inquiries, please contact the photo library (Bildstelle) of the museum using the link immediately below.
Railroad bridegs across the Iller at Kempten.View today. © Deutsches Museum, with kind permission. For reproduction inquiries, please contact the photo library (Bildstelle) of the museum using the link immediately below.
Railroad bridegs across the Iller at Kempten.Concrete mixer used in construction. © Deutsches Museum, with kind permission. For reproduction inquiries, please contact the photo library (Bildstelle) of the museum using the link immediately below.

General Information

Structural Type: Three-hinged arch bridge
Function / usage: Railroad (railway) bridge
Built: 1904 - 1906
Status: in use

Geographic Information & Related Structures

Location: Kempten (Allgäu), Bavaria, Germany, Europe
Crosses
  • Iller River
Next to König-Ludwig-Brücke (1851)

Technical Information

Dimensions

main span 64.5 m
rise max. 31.5 m
longitudinal slope 1/100

Materials

arches tamped concrete

Notes

Construction of two almost identical bridges, two of which are separated only by a 10 cm gap, the third being 60 meters upstream and at a 30° skew from the other two. The latter is 1.82 meters higher than the other two.

Participants

Co-contractor
Scaffolding

Relevant Web Sites

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Relevant Publications

  • Hashagen, Ulf & Blumtritt, Oskar Circa 1903, Deutsches Museum, Munich (Germany), ISBN 3924183457, 2003

Internal Information

Structure-ID: s0012036
Created: 12/05/2004
Last Updated: 05/03/2013