Quaibrücke, Zürich
| Quay Bridge Quaibrücke | |
|---|---|
 Quaibrücke | |
| Coordinates | 47°22′01″N 8°32′35″E / 47.36694°N 8.54306°ECoordinates: 47°22′01″N 8°32′35″E / 47.36694°N 8.54306°E |
| Carries | Two tram tracks, and on each side two lanes for road traffic, bycicles, and pedestrian sidewalks |
| Crosses | Limmat, the outflow of Lake Zurich |
| Locale | Zürich, Switzerland |
| Official name | Quaibrücke |
| ID number | 1560 |
| Followed by | Münsterbrücke |
| Characteristics | |
| Material | Steel |
| Width | 30.5 m (100 ft) |
| Longest span | 121.9 m (400 ft) |
| Number of spans | 4 |
| History | |
| Engineering design by | Arnold Bürkli |
| Construction begin | 1880 |
| Construction end | 1884 |
| Opened | 1 January 1885, 18 March 1984 |
| Rebuilt | 1932, 1939 (widening to 28.5m), 1983-1984 (total rebuild and widening to 30.5m), 2015 (refurbishment) |
Quaibrücke (English: Quay Bridge) is a road, tramway, pedestrian and bicycle bridge over the river Limmat, at the outflow of Lake Zurich in the city of Zürich, Switzerland. It was built simultaneously with the construction of the new quaysides in Zurich between 1881 and 1887.[1]
Geography
Quaibrücke, referring to the lake shore sites, is situated at the outflow of the Lake Zürich and connects the Bürkliplatz with the Bellevueplatz, the lake's left, western shore with the right, eastern shore. It is a nodal point of the Tram lines 2, 5, 8, 9 and 11, as well of the road traffic between General-Guisan-Quai, and Utoquai.
History
The Quaibrücke was erected from 1880 to 1884 under the management of Arnold Bürkli (1833–1894), the city engineer of Zürich at the time.[1] A modern land connection was urgently needed after an intense political campaign. On May 18, 1873 the municipal council of Zurich (the legislature) approved the construction of the Quay Bridge with a strong majority vote. The bridge was built together with the municipalities of Enge (left, west shore), Riesbach (right, east shore), and Zurich. It was also built simultaneously with the Utoquai and General-Guisan-Quai on the two shores of Lake Zurich, but was finished half a year earlier. Since the bridge disabled the traffic on the Limmat, the landing gate of the ZSG Zürichsee-Schifffahrtsgesellschaft had to be moved from the Bauschänzli island to the present Bürkliterrasse.
As part of the lakefront of Zürich, two machine-gun bunkers were built in the 1940s, which are still preserved at their original sites at Limmatquai and Bürkliterrasse.[2] The original construction had to be replaced in 1984 and a new bridge was built between 1983 and 1984 parallel to the old bridge on steel girders. The weekend of March 16/17, 1984, all traffic was blocked, and the old construction was moved on steel beams and columns in the lake. There were also a number of initiatives to redesign the old bridge as a pedestrian zone, however, they were rejected.[3]
Between April and November 2015 further refurbishment work has been applied.[4]
References
- 1 2 Ernst Tschannen (May 2006). "Vom Bürkliplatz zur Sukkulenten-Sammlung" (PDF) (in German). Zurich, Switzerland: Grün Stadt Zürich. Retrieved 2015-01-05.
- ↑ Tina Fassbind (May 2006). "Gefechtsstand Quaibrücke". Tages-Anzeiger (in German) (Zurich, Switzerland). Retrieved 2015-01-05.
- ↑ Gebrüder Dürst. "Der Bürkliplatz" (in German). gebrueder-duerst.ch. Retrieved 2015-01-05.
- ↑ "Sanierungsarbeiten Bellevue und Quaibrücke 2015" (in German). Tiefbauamt Stadt Zürich. 2014-12-02. Retrieved 2015-01-06.
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