Salginatobel Bridge
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Salginatobel Bridge is a concrete arch bridge designed by renowned Swiss civil engineer Robert Maillart. It was constructed across an alpine valley in Schiers, Switzerland between 1929 and 1930. In 1991, it was declared an International Historic Civil Engineering Landmark, the thirteenth such structure so dedicated.
As with his Schwandbach Bridge and Vessy Bridge, the structure's fame among civil engineers is a consequence of the techniques involved in its design rather than its prominent location: it serves an obscure town whose population does not break the triple digits.
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- History of Civil Engineering page on the bridge
- David P. Billington. The Art of Structural Design: A Swiss Legacy. Princeton University Art Museum. Princeton, 2003. ISBN 0-300-09786-7.
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