Cascella Bridge

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Ponte Cascella near Mesocco seen from the A13 (E43) coming from the south

The Cascella Bridge ( Italian : Ponte Cascella) is a motorway bridge in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland . It is part of the Swiss A13 motorway and crosses the Misox south of the San Bernardino Pass . It was designed by Christian Menn . The Cascella Bridge , together with the Nanin Bridge , is known as a twin bridge due to its history, construction and spatial proximity . Both bridges are in the building tradition of Robert Maillart .

location

The Cascella Bridge, which continues the arch concept of the Tamins Rhine Bridge, is one of the most impressive structures along the San Bernardino Route, along with the Nanin Bridge. The bridge is around 16 km after the San Bernardino just before the village of Mesocco below Pian San Giacomo. Coming from the north, the vehicles cross the Moësa River via the Cascella Bridge and then, after turning the motorway about 180 degrees, the river again via the Nanin Bridge.

Technical specifications

The owner of the bridge is the transport department of the canton of Graubünden. The polygonal arch of the road bridge was constructed in such a way that the Cascella bridge could also be concreted one year later using the same falsework as the Nanin bridge. The bridge was built with a longitudinal gradient of 6.2%. The very strong dissolution of the bridge ensures that the structure does not destroy the landscape. The bridge panel of the bridges is made of prestressed concrete , arches and pillars are made of reinforced concrete . The deck cantilevered 2.95 m over the upper hollow slab.

  • Start of construction: 1967
  • Completion: 1968
  • Construction: polygonal arch bridge with elevated roadway
  • Main span: 96 m
  • Arrow height: 20 m
  • Total length: 173 m
  • Field widths: 13.5 m - 14.5 m - 96 m - 15 m - 14.5 m - 13.5 m
  • Arch width: 4–5.5 m
  • Arch thickness: 0.9–1.2 m
  • Lane girders Field widths: 13.5 m - 14.5 m - 14 m - 13 m - 12 m | 12 m - 13 m - 14 m - 15 m - 14.5 m - 13.5 m
  • Track girders, superstructure width: 9.9 m

literature

  • Caspar Schärer and Christian Menn (eds.): Christian Menn. Bridges. (Text in German and English), Scheidegger & Spiess, Zurich 2015, ISBN 978-3-85881-455-5 .
  • Thomas Vogel, Peter Marti (ed.): Christian Menn - bridge builder . 2nd, supplemented edition, vdf Hochschulverlag, Zurich 2009, ISBN 978-3-7281-3137-9 (= Society for Civil Engineering. Volume 3).

Web links

Commons : Cascella Bridge  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Brief Bündner Brückenkunde , last accessed on August 17, 2017.
  2. ↑ The importance of the N13 national road , Terra Grischuna, No. 6, 1967, pp. 323–334.
  3. ↑ Brief Bündner Brückenkunde , last accessed on August 17, 2017.
  4. ↑ Bridge excursion to Switzerland , University of Konstanz , 7. – 9. June 2007 Faculty of Civil Engineering, website last accessed on August 17, 2017.
  5. ↑ Information according to: Cascellabrücke , website: www.structurae.de, last accessed on August 15, 2017 and a bridge excursion to Switzerland , University of Konstanz , 7. – 9. June 2007 Faculty of Civil Engineering, website last accessed on August 17, 2017 and Canton of Graubünden - Economy and Transport , last accessed on August 17, 2017.

Coordinates: 46 ° 24 '50.8 "  N , 9 ° 13' 46.1"  E ; CH1903:  seven hundred and thirty-seven thousand six hundred and eighty-one  /  one hundred and forty-one thousand eight hundred seventy-seven