Salginatobel Bridge

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Name Salginatobel Bridge
Who  
Owner Schiers Commune, Graubunden Canton, Switzerland
Design Robert Maillart
Contractor Florian Prader & Cie, Zurich
Scaffold: Richard Coray, Trin
Stays System  
Where Schiers, Switzerland
Latitude N 46 58′ 54″
Longitude E 09 43′ 06″
Why Takes road a deep ravine.
When 1930 – repaired mid 1970s & 1998
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Pictures from Robert Gregory & David Blockley, UK. Picture 3 is reproduced by kind permission of Andreas Kessler, Igis, Switzerland. September 2008

What  
Overall type Open spandrel 3 pinned reinforced concrete arch. Robert Maillart was a pioneer of this form of elegant bridge.
Width 3.5 m.
Length 132.3 m.
Main span 90.4 m.
Height above water > 90 m.
Arch rise 12.99 m.
Materials Reinforced concrete