Gamla bron
Coordinates: 63 ° 49 ′ 30 ″ N , 20 ° 14 ′ 57 ″ E
| Gamla bron | ||
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| use | Pedestrians, cyclists | |
| Convicted | Ume älv | |
| place | Umeå | |
| construction | Steel framework | |
| overall length | 301 m | |
| start of building | 1860 | |
| completion | 1863 | |
| opening | 1863 | |
| architect | Claes Adelskold | |
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Gamla bron ( Old Bridge ) is Umeå's oldest surviving bridge over the Ume älv ; it is 301 meters long.
history
Before the Gamla bron was built, Umeå had no permanent bridge over the river; People and general cargo were transferred by ferry. During the second occupation of Umeå in the Russo-Swedish War , the Russians built a pontoon bridge over the river in 1809 , which was swept away by a flood soon after.
For a long time, the construction of a bridge seemed too expensive. It was not until the officer and governor Gustaf Munthe took office in 1856 that he was interested in the subject and in 1858 he had it checked where a bridge would be most suitable. As a result, the Gamla bron was built on its current location from 1860 and opened in 1863. For a long time everyone who wanted to cross the bridge had to pay a fee to finance it.
After only a decade, the original woodwork had to be renewed and in 1894/95 the wood was replaced by steel and the bridge got its current appearance.
Today the bridge is only used by pedestrians and cyclists. In 2013, damage was discovered that needs to be repaired.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lars Gunnar Olsson, Susanne Haugen, Lars-Erik Edlund, Lars-Göran Tedebrand: Umeå 1314-2014: 100 berättelser om 700 år , Artos & Norma (2013), ISBN 9789175806686
- ↑ a b Birger Steckzén: Umeå stads historia 1588-1888 , Umeå: Två förläggare, 1981 (original edition 1922), Norrländska skrifter, 0349-3202, 6, ISBN 91-85920-05-3
- ↑ Håkan Göransson: Umeås historia 1810-1896 , Umeå kommun, April 4, 2014
- ↑ Bro i Umeå måste förstärkas ( Swedish ) Västerbottens-Kuriren. November 21, 2013. Retrieved April 15, 2014.