Grünenwald bascule bridge
Coordinates: 46 ° 50 ′ 14 " N , 8 ° 22 ′ 46" E ; CH1903: 671.76 thousand / 187769
| Grünenwald bascule bridge | ||
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| use | Road bridge | |
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 Stansstad - Engelberg
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| Subjugated | Stansstad-Engelberg Railway | |
| place | Engelberg | |
| construction | Bascule bridge | |
| closure | 1964 | |
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The Grünenwald bascule bridge was a movable road bridge in Switzerland . It was used from the road to Engelberg and led over the Stansstad-Engelberg Railway .
The construction of a movable bridge was chosen because the railway had an incline of 25% at the intersection with the road and it was not possible to create a level crossing over the rack railway . When a train came, the two segments of the bascule bridge were folded up and at the same time the two-pole catenary of the three-phase current operated railway was lowered. In 1964 this bridge was replaced by a conventional overpass in the course of the new construction of the railway line to Engelberg.
Web links
The long way through the steep ramp. Projects to replace the Grafenort – Engelberg mountain route in the last century. Obwalden and Nidwalden Zeitung, December 10, 2010, accessed on September 10, 2012 .