List of bridges in Switzerland explained

This is a list of bridges and viaducts in Switzerland, including those for pedestrians and vehicular traffic.

Major road and railway bridges

The longest viaduct in Switzerland is the, built in 1984 on the A5 motorway with a total length of 3155m (10,351feet).^{[1] [2]} The, near Zürich Hauptbahnhof, is the longest railway viaduct in the country measuring 1156m (3,793feet).^{[3] [4]}

The Grimselsee Bridge is part of the "KWO plus" project which consists to raise by 23m (75feet) the water level of the Grimsel Lake, to increase the power capacity of the two Spittellamm and Seeuferegg damns. The part of the road between Guttannen and Obergoms flooded by the project will be span by a 346m (1,135feet) cable-stayed bridge, to restore the continuity across the lake.^{[5] [6]}

In 2021 a competition was organized to choose the project for the Plessur river valley crossing near Chur in the Grisons canton, in order to relieve the road traffic of the city center.^[7] Among a total of 41 projects submitted, the winner is called "Italian: un solo arco" (only one arch), it proposes a steel arch with a 340m (1,120feet) main span, more than 100m (300feet) above the river.^[8] This bridge will be named the .

This table presents the structures with spans greater than 100 meters (non-exhaustive list).

Notes and references

• Notes

• Web site: Inventory of Cultural Property of National and Regional Importance . babs.admin.ch - Federal Office for Civil Protection FOCP.

• Web site: International Database for Civil and Structural Engineering . Nicolas Janberg . Structurae.com.

• Web site: Die Schweizerischen Holzbrücken . The Swiss Wooden Bridges . de . Werner Minder . swiss-timber-bridges.ch.

• Others references

See also

• Transport in Switzerland
• Motorways of Switzerland
• Rail transport in Switzerland
• Geography of Switzerland
• List of rivers of Switzerland
• List of Aare bridges in Bern
• List of bridges over the Rhine
• - List of covered bridges in Switzerland
• - List of highest bridges in Switzerland
• List of bridges by river: de:Albula, de:Alpenrhein, de:Areuse, de:Birs, de:Dünnern, de:Engelberger Aa, de:Ergolz, de:Furkareuss, de:Glâne, de:Glatt (Rhein), de:Glatt (Thur), de:Glenner, de:Julia, de:Kleine Emme, de:Landquart, de:Landwasser, de:Limmat, de:Linth, de:Alte Lorze, de:Lorze, de:Medelser Rhein, de:Mentue, de:Muota, de:Murg (Thur), de:Necker, de:Plessur, de:Rabiusa, de:Reuss, de:Seez, de:Sense, de:Sihl, de:Sitter, de:Sorne, de:Suhre, de:Tamina, de:Thur, de:Töss, de:Valser Rhein, de:Vorderrhein, de:Waldemme, de:Weissemme, de:Wigger, de:Wyna, de:Zürichsee

External links

• Web site: Brücken in der Schweiz . Bridges in Switzerland . de . Brueckenweb.de .
• Web site: Straßenbrücken in der Schweiz . Road bridges in Switzerland . de . karl-gotsch.de .
• Web site: Autobahnbrücken in der Schweiz . Highway bridges in Switzerland . de . karl-gotsch.de .
• Web site: Schweiz - Liste der Hängebrücken . Switzerland - List of suspension bridges . de . Haengebruecken.com . 22 March 2019 .
• Web site: Suspension Bridges of Switzerland . bridgemeister.com .
• Web site: Category: Bridges in Switzerland . highestbridges.com.

Further reading

• Web site: Historische Verkehrswege Im Kanton Bern . Historical traffic routes in the canton of Bern . Bundesamt für Strassen (ASTRA) . 2003 . de .
• Book: Historische Holzbrücken der Schweiz bis 1850 . Historic wooden bridges in Switzerland before 1850 . Buholzer . Hanspeter . Edition Salus . 2019 . Edition Salus . 978-3033074903 . de .
• Book: Holzbrücken der Schweiz: ein Inventar . Wooden bridges in Switzerland: an inventory . Stadelmann . Werner . Verlag Bündner Monatsblatt . 1990 . Verlag Bündner Monatsblatt . 3905241048 . de .
• Book: Brückenland Schweiz . Bridge Country Switzerland . Siedentop . Irmfried . Orell Füssli . 1978 . Orell Füssli . 3280009812 . de .
• Book: Brücken / Bridges . Menn . Christian . Christian Menn . Scheidegger & Spiess . 2015 . Scheidegger & Spiess . 978-3858814555 .
• Book: Prestressed Concrete Bridges . Menn . Christian . Christian Menn . Birkhäuser . 2012 . Birkhäuser . 978-3034891318 .
• Book: Figi2009 . Christian Menn - Brückenbauer . Figi . Heinrich . vdf Hochschulverlag AG . 2009 . vdf Hochschulverlag AG . 978-3-7281-3137-9 . de .
• Book: Prade, Marcel . PradeEurope . 1990 . Ponts & Viaducs Remarquables d'Europe . Remarkable Bridges and Viaducts of Europe . Suisse . 381 . Art et patrimoine . Poitiers . Brissaud . 2-902170-65-3 . fr .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Yverdon Viaduct.
2. Web site: Bundesamt für Strassen (ASTRA - Schweizer Fachbehörde) 2005/2006 . Federal Roads Office (FEDRO - Swiss specialist authority) 2005/2006 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160305052007/http://www.astra.admin.ch/dokumentation/00119/05558/05564/index.html?download=NHzLpZeg7t,lnp6I0NTU042l2Z6ln1acy4Zn4Z2qZpnO2Yuq2Z6gpJCEdIB8gWym162epYbg2c_JjKbNoKSn6A--&lang=de . 5 March 2016 . de . Astra.admin.ch .
3. Web site: Letzigrabenbrücke.
4. Web site: The Letzigraben bridge and the Kohlendreieck bridge . Bacchetta . Aldo . Trausch . Luc . Etter . Stephan . Bp-ing.ch . 28 November 2022.
5. Book: https://opus.htwg-konstanz.de/frontdoor/deliver/index/docId/71/file/A_Sept.07_Bruecken_Exkursionsbuch.pdf#page=68 . Brückenexkursion in die Schweiz . Schrägseilbrücke über den Grimselsee . Cable-stayed bridge over the Grimselsee . Univertsity of Constance . June 2007 . de . Opus.htwg-konstanz.de .
6. Book: Grimsel Seebrücke: Aspekte der Winddynamik . Grimsel pier: Aspects of wind dynamics . Gsell . Daniel . de . Zcag.ch .
7. Web site: Stahlbogenprojekt gewinnt Wettbewerb für die Churer St. Luzibrücke . Steel arch project wins competition for the St. Luzi Bridge in Chur . de . Gr.ch - Canton Grisons . 2 December 2022.
8. Web site: Plan Grafik-1 DE.jpg . jpg . de . Gr.ch - Canton Grisons . 2 December 2022.