General Information
| Name in local language: | Holzbrücke Bad Säckingen |
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| Beginning of works: | 1699 |
| Completion: | 1700 |
| Status: | in use |
Project Type
| Structure: |
Covered bridge |
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| Function / usage: |
Pedestrian bridge (footbridge) |
| Material: |
Timber bridge |
| Structure: |
Through truss bridge |
| Material: |
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Awards and Distinctions
Location
| Location: |
Stein, Argovia, Switzerland Bad Säckingen, Waldshut (Kreis), Baden-Württemberg, Germany |
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| Crosses: |
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| Coordinates: | 47° 33' 5.10" N 7° 57' 5.14" E |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| width | 3.4 - 5.0 m | |
| total length | 203.7 m | |
| span lengths | 29.10 m - 31.10 m - 26.21 m - 26.61 m - 21.19 m - 23.14 - 28.06 m | |
| number of spans | 6 |
Materials
| piers |
stone
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| truss |
wood
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Excerpt from Wikipedia
Holzbrücke Bad Säckingen (German name) or Säckingerbrücke (Swiss name) is a bridge over the Rhine. It connects the German city of Bad Säckingen with the village Stein in Switzerland. The covered bridge spans 203.7 metres (668 ft) over the Hochrhein and is the longest roofed wooden bridge of Europe. The bridge is listed as a national registered monument in Switzerland (Kulturgut von nationaler Bedeutung im Kanton Aargau).
The bridge was built in 1272 and was destroyed several times (1570, 1633, 1678). The current bridge was completed in 1700. Originally a road bridge, the bridge is now only open for pedestrians since the Fridolinsbrücke (Swiss name: Rheinbrücke Stein) was opened in 1979 for road traffic.
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Participants
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Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (2006): Brücken in Deutschland für Straßen und Wege. Der Fotobildband deutscher Brückenbaukunst. Deutscher Bundesverlag, Cologne (Germany), ISBN 978-3-935064-41-5, pp. 44-45.
- (2009): Historic Wooden Covered Bridge Trusses in Germany. Presented at: Third International Congress on Construction History, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus, Germany , 20th-24th May 2009.
- (1999): Ingenieurbauführer Baden-Württemberg. 1st edition, Bauwerk Verlag, Berlin (Germany), pp. 735.
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20011391 - Published on:
04/01/2004 - Last updated on:
28/05/2021
