Bahnhofbrücke Zürich

Bahnhofbrücke

Bahnhofbrücke towards Central square
Coordinates 47°22′37″N 8°32′34″E / 47.37694°N 8.54278°ECoordinates: 47°22′37″N 8°32′34″E / 47.37694°N 8.54278°E
Carries Two lanes for road traffic, two tram railways and sidewalks
Crosses Limmat river
Locale Central Zürich, Switzerland
Official name Bahnhofbrücke
ID number 145
Characteristics
Number of spans 4
History
Construction end 1847
aerial photograph by Eduard Spelterini in the probably late 1890s

Bahnhofbrücke is a road and tramway bridge over the Limmat river in the municipality of Zürich in the Canton of Zürich in Switzerland.

Geography

Bahnhofbrücke meaing train station bridge, referring to the Hautbahnhof Zürich, is situated outside of the historical core of the medieval town of Zürich, previously the Celtic-Roman Turicum. The bridge crosses the left-hand (western) and right-hand (eastern) bank of the Limmat river, opposite of the Zürich Hauptbahnhof and connects the central railway station and the Central square respectively Limmatquai, connecting Rathaus and Lindenhof respectively the City and Unterstrass quarters.[1]

Transportation

The Zürich tram lines 3, 4, 6, 7, 10 and 15, and the local VBZ bus lines 31, 33, 34 and 46 provide public transportation, as well as Zürichsee-Schiffahrtsgesellschaft (ZSG) and its Limmat river tour boats towards Zürichhorn and Landesmuseum. Private road transport towards Limmatquai, the largest pedestrian zone of Zürich, is restricted to the short roadway towards the Brun bridge and Uraniastrasse (Urania Sternwarte) at the site of the former Oetenbach nunnery;[2] and also road transport between Central–Bahnhofbrücke, and the Bahnhofquai and Bahnhofplatz squares is allowed.

History

The construction works started in 1847, named in 1863, and in 1871 it was extended according to the plans of Gottfried Semper by the architect F. Wanner. Redesigns of the Central–Bahnhofbrücke area occurred in 1950/51.[3][4]

Literature

References

  1. Gebrüder Dürst. "Limmatquai" (in German). alt-zueri.ch. Retrieved 2015-01-06.
  2. "Limmatquai" (in German). Polizeidepartement Stadt Zürich. Retrieved 2015-01-07.
  3. Gebrüder Dürst. "Bahnhofbrücke" (in German). alt-zueri.ch. Retrieved 2015-01-08.
  4. Gebrüder Dürst. "Central" (in German). alt-zueri.ch. Retrieved 2015-01-08.

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