Fulenbach – Murgenthal wooden bridge

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Covered wooden bridge
Fulenbach – Murgenthal wooden bridge, Murgenthal side

Fulenbach – Murgenthal wooden bridge, Murgenthal side

Data
place Fulenbach (SO) - Murgenthal (AG)
builder Gribi and Duke from Burgdorf
Architectural style Truss bridge with How girders
Construction year 1863
particularities
Inscriptions: "Whoever trusts in God's help has only built right and firm" (page Fulenbach), "If everything should succeed, build on God in all things" (page Murgenthal)
Historic aerial photo by Werner Friedli / Swissair Photo AG from 1947

The covered wooden bridge Fulenbach – Murgenthal crosses the Aare and connects the Solothurn community of Fulenbach with the community of Murgenthal on the Aargau side of the river . The 4.3 m high bridge spans the river in two openings, each about 45 m wide.

Building

It is a truss bridge with so-called How girders , built by Gribi and Herzog from Burgdorf. The construction plans can be viewed online in the directory of Swiss Timber Bridges. The bridge, which opened on July 5, 1863, is listed in the inventory of historic traffic routes in Switzerland (IVS) as a structure of national importance, as it is one of the oldest of the only twelve Howe bridges in Switzerland that have survived.

Resilience

In 1863 the bridge was opened for a load of 12 tons. In 1937, the 4.85 m wide bridge was reinforced with trusses and a footbridge 1.52 m wide was attached downstream. After the renovation in 1983, the load-bearing capacity of the bridge was 12 tons. After a further renovation in 2008, a limit of max. 3.5 tons total weight per vehicle required. This demand causes displeasure among farmers in the area and the fire brigade. Another bridge location has also been discussed for decades. In September 2016, the four neighboring communities of Boningen, Fulenbach, Wolfwil and Murgenthal decided that this should come to rest at the Bännli.

Web links

Commons : Aare bridge Murgenthal – Fulenbach  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Swiss Timber Bridges: Aare Bridge Murgenthal (AG). Retrieved September 13, 2016 .
  2. ^ IVS Documentation Canton Solothurn: SO 634.2.1. (PDF) Inventory of historical traffic routes in Switzerland, 2000, accessed on April 15, 2018 .
  3. ^ A b Werner Stadelmann: Wooden bridges in Switzerland - an inventory . Bündner Monatsblatt, Chur 1990, ISBN 3-905241-04-8 , p. 79 .
  4. ↑ Stefanie Burkhard: Fulenbach - The bridge should be able to carry a maximum total weight of 3.5 tons. Oltner Tagblatt, February 12, 2014, accessed on September 13, 2016 .
  5. ↑ Kurt Blum: Even in the event of a fire, the fire brigade is only allowed to cross the bridge at walking pace. Solothurner Zeitung, October 30, 2015, accessed on September 13, 2016 .
  6. ↑ Urs Huber: New Aare Bridge is looking for a location. Solothurner Zeitung, September 7, 2016, accessed on September 13, 2016 .