Kubel Bridge

Coordinates: 47 ° 24 '0 "  N , 9 ° 19' 35"  E ; CH1903:  742 501  /  251614

Kubel Bridge
In the foreground the Kubel Bridge from 1780
Official name	Urnäsch Bridge in the Kubel
use	pedestrian
Convicted	Urnaesch
place	St. Gallen
construction	covered wooden bridge
overall length	about 30 m
width	2.78 m
Longest span	30 m
Construction height	6.5 m
completion	1780
planner	Hans Ulrich Grubenmann (1709–1783)
location

The Kubelbrücke is a historic covered wooden bridge over the Urnäsch river between St. Gallen and Stein AR . In addition to the Hundwil wooden bridge, it is the only remaining bridge from the builder Hans Ulrich Grubenmann .

Building history

In 1778 a flood destroyed an older bridge. Grubenmann constructed the new bridge in 1780. Despite the short length of 30 meters, the bridge builder set great store by a sophisticated suspension system. The five-sided polygonal bridge arch can be seen inside the covered bridge.

The roof trusses were given sayings, which is why it was nicknamed the speaking bridge . The bridge is a structure on the St. Gallen Bridge Path .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Joseph Killer: The works of the master builders Grubenmann - A building-historical and structural research work . Dissertation. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich. Gebr. Leemann and Co., Zurich 1942, pp. 55–57. ( doi : 10.3929 / ethz-a-000091759 )