Difference between revisions of "Stalden Bridge"
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Stalden Bridge<br /> | Stalden Bridge<br /> | ||
Pont Stalden<br /> | Pont Stalden<br /> | ||
+ | Merjubrigga Stalden<br /> | ||
Stalden, Valais, Switzerland<br /> | Stalden, Valais, Switzerland<br /> | ||
394 feet high / 120 meters high<br /> | 394 feet high / 120 meters high<br /> |
Revision as of 00:22, 6 December 2018
Stalden Bridge
Pont Stalden
Merjubrigga Stalden
Stalden, Valais, Switzerland
394 feet high / 120 meters high
(218) foot span / (66) meter span
1930
Designed in 1930 by Switzerland’s famous bridge designer, A. Sarrasin, the Visp or Stalden bridge crosses a magnificent gorge in the Valais region of Switzerland. In 1959 this bridge was bypassed by the Killerhof Bridge with a wider roadway. The original Stalden Bridge is still open to pedestrians.
Three years later Sarrasin would create an even higher and more spectacular concrete arch bridge over the Trient gorge in nearby Gueuroz.
The original 1930 Stalden Bridge under construction.
The Killerhof Bridge was completed in 1959 to bypass the older Stalden Bridge.
The Killerhof and Stalden Bridges. Image by Peter Bretschneider.
Stalden Bridges satellite image.