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Salginatobel Bridge

Salginatobel Bridge is a reinforced concrete arch bridge designed by Swiss civil engineer Robert Maillart. It was constructed across an alpine ravine in the grisonian Prättigau, belonging to the municipality of Schiers, in Switzerland between 1929 and 1930. In 1991, it was declared an International Historic Civil Engineering Landmark, the thirteenth such structure and the first concrete bridge so designated.

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1930

Schiers, Schiers, Switzerland

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Salginatobel Bridge in Schiers, Switzerland

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Robert Maillart

1872-1940 · Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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Robert Maillart was a Swiss civil engineer who revolutionized the use of structural reinforced concrete with such designs as the three-hinged arch and the deck-stiffened arch for bridges, and the beamless floor slab and mushroom ceiling for industrial buildings. His Salginatobel (1929–1930) and Schwandbach (1933) brid…

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Robert Maillart

studio · Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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