General Information
| Completion: | 1 August 1823 |
|---|---|
| Status: | demolished (1860) |
Project Type
| Structure: |
Two-span three-tower suspension bridge |
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| Function / usage: |
Pedestrian bridge (footbridge) |
| Plan view: |
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Location
| Location: |
Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland |
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Technical Information
Dimensions
| span lengths | 2 x 42 m | |
| number of cables | 6 | |
| strands per cable | 90 (d = 1.9 mm) | |
| number of spans | 2 | |
| abutments | number | 4 |
| cables | strands per cable | 1 |
| wires per strand | 90 | |
| wire diameter | 2.1 mm | |
| number | 2 x 3 | |
| deck | deck width | 2 m |
| pylons | number | 3 |
Materials
| cables |
iron
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|---|---|
| deck |
timber
|
| pylons |
masonry
|
| abutments |
masonry
|
Participants
Design
- Guillaume-Henri Dufour (designer)
- Marc Seguin (designer)
- Marc-Auguste Pictet (designer)
Relevant Web Sites
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Relevant Publications
- (1980): The first wire suspension bridge: Geneva 1823. Presented at: 11th IABSE Congress, Vienna, Austria, 31 August - 5 September 1980.
- (1990): Les ponts modernes - 18e et 19e siècles. 1st edition, Picard Editeur, Paris (France), pp. 122-123.
- (1982): Le premier pont suspendu permanent en câbles de fer. un ouvrage de Guillaume-Henri Dufour: le pont Saint-Antoine à Genève, 1823. In: Ingénieurs et architectes suisses, v. 108, n. 5 (4 March 1982).
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data sheet - Structure-ID
20000895 - Published on:
06/09/2000 - Last updated on:
14/06/2023
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