List of bridges over the Engelberger Aa
The list of bridges over the Engelberger Aa contains the bridges from the source at the Surenen Pass to the mouth at Buochs in Lake Lucerne .
Bridge list
57 bridges cross the river: 33 road bridges, 19 pedestrian bridges, two weirs with pedestrian walkways, two pipe bridges and a railway bridge.
Upper course (Stierenbach)
5 bridges and footbridges span the river in the canton of Uri .
image | Surname | place | function | location | Length (m) | Remarks |
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Blackenalp footbridge | Attinghausen-Blackenalp | Footbridge | cards | 6th | Wooden beam transition | |
Blackenboden Bridge (Chappelibrüggli) |
Attinghausen-Blackenalp | Single-lane Alpine road bridge | cards | 8th | Stone arch bridge
General driving ban: shuttle service permitted Wanderland Route 1 Via Alpina (Section 7 Altdorf (UR) –Engelberg) |
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Dust Bridge | Attinghausen dusters | Single-lane Alpine road bridge | cards | 10 | Stone arch bridge
General driving ban: shuttle service permitted Wanderland Route 1 Via Alpina (Section 7 Altdorf (UR) –Engelberg) |
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Stäfeli Bridge | Attinghausen-Stäfeli | Single lane alpine road bridge with barrier | cards | 8th | Wooden girder bridge
General driving ban: Agricultural vehicles and various people (alpine farmers, helpers, hut warden) are allowed to drive through Mountain hiking trail to the Spannorthütte SAC |
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Alpenrösli footbridge | Attinghausen-Niedersurenen | Pedestrian bridge with barrier | cards | 20th | Metal girder bridge with concrete central pillar and wooden floor
Wanderland Route 1 Via Alpina (Section 7 Altdorf (UR) –Engelberg) |
Engelberg
19 bridges and footbridges span the river in Engelberg.
image | Surname | place | function | location | Length (m) | Remarks |
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Grassenbach footbridge | Engelberg | Footbridge | cards | 12 | Wooden girder bridge | |
Goldbodenalp bridge | Engelberg | Single lane road bridge | cards | 16 | Stone arch bridge
Wanderland Route 1 Via Alpina (Section 7 Altdorf (UR) –Engelberg) |
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Spit footbridge | Engelberg | Footbridge | cards | 18th | Wooden girder bridge | |
Schlänggenbrücke | Engelberg | Single lane road bridge | cards | 15th | Wooden girder bridge
Prohibition for motor vehicles, motorcycles and motorcycles: Prohibition on law |
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Golf course bridge | Engelberg | Single lane road bridge | cards | 16 | Wooden girder bridge
General driving ban: legal ban The private bridge is located between the 13th and 14th hole of the Engelberg-Titlis golf course) |
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Golf Clubhouse Bridge (Wasserfallstrasse 114) |
Engelberg | Single lane road bridge | cards | 18th | Concrete girder bridge with metal railing, rebuilt after the 2005 flood
General driving ban: legal ban Access from the golf car park to the Engelberg-Titlis golf club's clubhouse and restaurant |
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Laui Bridge | Engelberg | Dirt road bridge | cards | 20th | Wooden girder bridge, built in 2014 by the civil defense pioneers in Obwalden | |
Eienwäldli Bridge | Engelberg | Footbridge | cards | 15th | Wooden girder bridge
Wanderland Route 586 Engelberger Rundweg (Engelberg – Engelberg) |
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Eien Bridge | Engelberg | Single lane road bridge | cards | 16 | Concrete girder bridge
Cross-country skiing Route 370 Engelberger Talloipe (Engelberg, Sporting Park – Engelberg, Sporting Park) |
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Brick Bridge (St. Ulrichsbrücke) |
Engelberg | Single lane road bridge | cards | 30th | Wooden arch bridge, opened in November 2016, previous bridge was torn away by the 2005 flood
A historic mule track leads over the bridge at the Bänklialp to Alp Gerschni In addition to the Titlis ski jump, the bridge opens up a hotel and forest roads Top speed 50 km / h Wanderland Route 1 Via Alpina : (Stage 8 Engelberg – Engstlenalp) and Route 586 Engelberger Rundweg (Engelberg – Engelberg) |
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Pipe bridge | Engelberg | Single lane road bridge | cards | 18th | Concrete girder bridge, built in 2018
Prohibition for motor vehicles, motorcycles and motorcycles: Residential traffic and carts permitted Top speed 50 km / h Wanderland route 40 ViaSbrinz (stage 1 Stansstad – Engelberg and stage 2 Engelberg – Engstlenalp), route 88 Nidwaldner Höhenweg (stage 3 Melchsee-Frutt – Engelberg) and adventure trail Engelberger Aaschlucht The EWO substation Engelberg is located downstream on the right side of the river |
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Gerschnibrücke | Engelberg | Two-lane road bridge with sidewalks | cards | 20th | Concrete girder bridge, opened in November 2016
Top speed 50 km / h Access to the parking lot of the Titlis cable car |
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Biren Bridge | Engelberg | Footbridge | cards | 18th | Steel girder bridge with grating floor, built in 2018 | |
Aaweg footbridge | Engelberg | Footbridge | cards | 14th | Wooden footbridge was created in connection with the flood protection project | |
Auli bridge | Engelberg | Single lane road bridge | cards | 20th | Concrete girder bridge
Driving ban for motor vehicles, motorcycles and motorcycles Top speed 50 km / h Wanderland Route 40 ViaSbrinz (Stage 1 Stansstad – Engelberg) and Engelberger Aaschlucht adventure trail Access to the Trübsee power plant, built 1963–1968 |
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Eugenisee weir footbridge | Engelberg | Private works bridge | cards | 12 | Concrete girder bridge
The Eugenisee serves as a water reservoir for the production of electrical energy for the Obermatt power plant |
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Arni power plant water line transition | Engelberg | Water pipe bridge | cards | 20th | Pipe bridge
The pipe serves to drain the water from the Arni power plant to the Eugenisee |
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Oertigenstrasse bridge | Engelberg | Two-lane road bridge | cards | 20th | Concrete girder bridge
Driving ban for motor vehicles, motorcycles and motorcycles: shuttle service permitted Maximum speed 60 km / h, maximum weight 28 t |
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Örtigen Bridge ("Schwibbogen") |
Engelberg | Footbridge | cards | 10 | Historic stone arch bridge, built 1860/61, the oldest stone arch bridge in Obwalden
Wanderland Route 40 ViaSbrinz (Stage 1 Stansstad – Engelberg) and Engelberger Aaschlucht adventure trail |
Engelberger Aaschlucht and Grafenort
12 bridges and footbridges span the river in the Aaschlucht and in the Engelberg hamlet of Grafenort.
image | Surname | place | function | location | Length (m) | Remarks |
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Aaschlucht bridge 1 (behind Mättli) |
Engelberg | Footbridge | cards | 18th | Two-part metal girder bridge with a grating floor and concrete pillars, attached to a natural stone
Wanderland Route 40 ViaSbrinz (Stage 1 Stansstad – Engelberg) and Engelberger Aaschlucht adventure trail |
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Aaschlucht bridge 2 (ground) |
Engelberg | Footbridge | cards | 15th | Metal girder bridge with grating floor
Wanderland Route 40 ViaSbrinz (Stage 1 Stansstad – Engelberg) and Engelberger Aaschlucht adventure trail |
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Aaschlucht bridge 3 (upper suspension bridge) |
Engelberg | Footbridge | cards | 50 | Steel suspension bridge with metal grating and chain link fence railing, built in 2011
Wanderland Route 40 ViaSbrinz (Stage 1 Stansstad – Engelberg) and Engelberger Aaschlucht adventure trail |
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Aaschlucht bridge 4 (Büntli) |
Engelberg | Footbridge | cards | 8th | Metal girder bridge with grating floor
Wanderland Route 40 ViaSbrinz (Stage 1 Stansstad – Engelberg) and Engelberger Aaschlucht adventure trail |
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Aaschlucht bridge 5 (Schwändi) |
Engelberg - Wolfenschiessen | Footbridge | cards | 50 | Two-part metal girder bridge with grating floor, built in 2013 by WK pioneers of the Obwalden civil defense
Wanderland Route 40 ViaSbrinz (Stage 1 Stansstad – Engelberg) and Engelberger Aaschlucht adventure trail |
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Aaschlucht bridge 6 (middle suspension bridge) |
Engelberg - Wolfenschiessen | Footbridge | cards | 80 | Double steel suspension bridge with tension wheels and wooden floor with wire mesh, built in 2008
Wanderland Route 40 ViaSbrinz (Stage 1 Stansstad – Engelberg) and Engelberger Aaschlucht adventure trail |
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Aaschlucht bridge 7 (lower suspension bridge) |
Engelberg - Wolfenschiessen | Footbridge | cards | 44 | Steel suspension bridge with tension wheels and wooden floor with wire mesh, built in 2008
Wanderland Route 40 ViaSbrinz (Stage 1 Stansstad – Engelberg) and Engelberger Aaschlucht adventure trail |
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Arni Bridge | Engelberg-Grafenort - Wolfenschiessen | Single lane road bridge | cards | 27 | Historic stone arch bridge, built in 1913
Wanderland Route 40 ViaSbrinz (Stage 1 Stansstad – Engelberg) and Engelberger Aaschlucht adventure trail |
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Dallenwil-Rohrbrücke power plant | Engelberg-Grafenort - Wolfenschiessen | Private works bridge with water pipeline below the roadway | cards | 20th | Pipe bridge with footpath
Pressure line from the Obermatt reservoir to the Dallenwil power plant |
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Mettlen Bridge | Engelberg-Grafenort - Wolfenschiessen | Single-lane road bridge with pipeline on the bridge side | cards | 20th | Concrete girder bridge with metal railing
Wanderland Route 40 ViaSbrinz (Stage 1 Stansstad – Engelberg) and Adventure Trail Engelberger Aaschlucht Veloland Route 85 Unterwalden Route (Stage 2 Stans – Engelberg) |
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Schleissenbrücke | Engelberg-Grafenort | Single lane road bridge | cards | 25th | Metal truss bridge with wooden deck
Maximum weight 15 t Wanderland Route 40 ViaSbrinz (Stage 1 Stansstad – Engelberg) and Engelberger Aaschlucht adventure trail Veloland Route 85 Unterwalden Route (Stage 2 Stans – Engelberg) |
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Gerenbrücke (Sustbrücke mansion) |
Engelberg-Grafenort - Wolfenschiessen | Single lane road bridge | cards | 12 | Iron arch bridge with wooden deck and wooden railing, built in 2005
Maximum weight 12 t Wanderland Route 40 ViaSbrinz (Stage 1 Stansstad – Engelberg) and Route 564 Kapellenweg Engelbergertal (Wolfenschiessen – Wolfenschiessen) Veloland Route 85 Unterwalden Route (Stage 2 Stans – Engelberg) |
Underflow (Aawasser)
21 bridges and footbridges span the river in the canton of Nidwalden .
image | Surname | place | function | location | Length (m) | Remarks |
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Geissmattli Bridge | Wolf shooting | Single lane road bridge | cards | 20th | Metal truss bridge, built in 1862, moved here from Buochs in 1953
Maximum weight 28 t Access to Altzellen and the valley station of the Geissmattli-Büelen cable car |
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Fallenbach Bridge | Wolf shooting | Single lane road bridge | cards | 18th | Stone arch bridge
Prohibition for motor vehicles and motorcycles: shuttle service and rail users permitted Maximum weight 16 t |
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Dörflibrücke | Wolf shooting | Single lane road bridge | cards | 17th | Covered wooden bridge, built in 1941 by Sappeurkompanie II / 24
Prohibition for motor vehicles and motorcycles: shuttle service and rail users permitted Maximum weight 8 t, maximum width 4.4 m, maximum height 4.45 m |
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Brig bridge | Wolf shooting | Single lane road bridge | cards | 18th | Covered wooden bridge, built in 1941. Restored with the help of the Swiss Pro Patria Foundation
Maximum weight 1.5 t, maximum width 2.0 m, maximum height 2.2 m Wanderland Route 564 Kapellenweg Engelbergertal (Wolfenschiessen – Wolfenschiessen) |
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Oberau bridge | Wolfenschiessen - Dallenwil | Two-lane road bridge | cards | 30th | The new Oberau bridge was opened to traffic on October 15, 2014, replaced the wooden bridge from 1941
Maximum speed 60 km / h, maximum weight 32 t Wanderland Route 40 ViaSbrinz (Stage 1 Stansstad – Engelberg) |
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Under the slat bridge | Wolfenschiessen - Dallenwil | Footbridge | cards | 25th | Metal truss bridge with grating floor
Wanderland Route 40 ViaSbrinz (Stage 1 Stansstad – Engelberg) |
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Giessenbrücke (Schwibogenbrücke) |
Wolfenschiessen - Dallenwil | Two-lane road bridge | cards | 20th | Historic stone arch bridge, built in 1852
Top speed 50 km / h |
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Zentralbahn bridge | Oberdorf - Dallenwil | Single-track railway bridge | cards | 60 | Concrete girder bridge
Lucerne-Stans-Engelberg railway line |
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Engelbergstrasse Bridge | Oberdorf - Dallenwil | Two-lane road bridge with sidewalks and pipelines on the bridge side | cards | 80 | Concrete girder bridge
Top speed 60 km / h |
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Bürer Bridge | Oberdorf | Two-lane road bridge with sidewalk | cards | 45 | Concrete girder bridge
Top speed 50 km / h Wanderland Route 570 Nidwaldner Zentrumsweg (Stage 1 Stans – Niederrickenbach) |
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Hostetten-Wehrsteg power station | Oberdorf | Private work bridge with ladder | cards | 20th | Metal truss bridge
The Hostetten canal power station was built in 1891 and renovated in 1933 |
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Hostette bridge | Oberdorf | Footbridge | cards | 40 | Concrete girder bridge
Driving ban for motor vehicles and motorcycles Wanderland Route 2 Trans Swiss Trail (Stage 19 Stans – Seelisberg) and Route 4 ViaJacobi (Stage 6 Schwyz – Stans) |
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Wilbrücke (Kasernenstrasse) |
Oberdorf | Two-lane road bridge with sidewalks | cards | 25th | Concrete girder bridge
Top speed 50 km / h |
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Holcim Bridge | Oberdorf - Buochs | Private single lane road bridge | cards | 30th | Concrete girder bridge with barrier
Access to the Holcim gravel and concrete plant in Oberdorf area |
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Eggertsbüelbrücke | Buochs | Footbridge | cards | 24 | Covered wooden bridge, built in 1998 | |
Stanserstrasse bridge | Buochs | Two-lane road bridge with sidewalk | cards | 60 | Concrete beam bridge, opened in 1962
Top speed 60 km / h |
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Engelberger Aa bridge (A2 motorway) |
Buochs | Four-lane motorway bridge with pipelines below the roadway | cards | 75 | Concrete beam bridge, opened in 1970
Top speed 120 km / h |
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Old thread bridge | Buochs | Single lane road bridge | cards | 25th | Historic covered wooden bridge, built in 1852, the route moved in the late 1960s, renovated in 1987
The bridge is a listed building ( regional cultural asset, KGS No. 4158 ) Maximum speed 60 km / h, maximum weight 8 t, maximum height 3.8 m Veloland route 3 north-south route (stage 3 Lucerne – Flüelen) and route 4 Alpine panorama route (stage 4 Flüelen – Sörenberg) Mountainbikeland Route 2 Panorama Bike (Stage 7 Schwyz – Sarnen) Skatingland Route 66 Central Switzerland Skate (Stage 2 Luzern – Beckenried) |
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Thread bridge (under construction) |
Buochs | Two-lane road bridge | cards | 33 | Reinforced concrete bridge, the construction period of around one year started in December 2019
Maximum speed 60 km / h, maximum weight 40 t |
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Ennetbürgerstrasse bridge | Buochs | Two-lane road bridge with sidewalks | cards | 25th | Concrete beam bridge, built in 1954, replaced the iron bridge from 1862, which was re-erected in Wolfenschiessen
Top speed 50 km / h |
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Seefeld bridge | Buochs | Footbridge | cards | 25th | Concrete girder bridge with metal railing
Wanderland Route 98 Waldstätterweg (Stage 6 Bürgenstock – Beckenried) |
Web links
References and comments
- ^ Website of the Spannort Hütte SAC. Spannorthuette.ch, accessed on January 31, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Website of the Engelberg-Titlis Golf Club. golfclub-engelberg.ch, accessed on February 2, 2019 .
- ↑ Brick Bridge. (PDF) Waser Holzbau AG, accessed on January 31, 2019 .
- ↑ Route OW 6.2 route via Gerschni. (PDF) Federal Inventory of the Historic Transport Routes in Switzerland (IVS), accessed on August 28, 2020 .
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Aaschlucht adventure trail. RAOnline, accessed January 31, 2019 .
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Engelberger Aaschlucht adventure trail. Nidwalden Tourismus, accessed on August 27, 2020 .
- ↑ a b c Our power plants. Elektrizitätswerk Nidwalden (EWN), accessed on August 27, 2020 .
- ↑ Water flow with tradition. ewl energie wasser luzern, January 22, 2018, accessed on August 27, 2020 .
- ↑ track OW 269.0.1 Örtigenbrücke. (PDF) Federal inventory of historic traffic routes in Switzerland (IVS), accessed on August 27, 2020 .
- ↑ Engelberger Aaschlucht HB3, modern metal bridge. haengebruecken.com, accessed on August 28, 2020 .
- ↑ The year of construction “2011” is carved into the concrete pillar. Wikimedia Commons, accessed August 28, 2020 .
- ↑ Engelberger Aaschlucht HB1, lovable retro bridge. haengebruecken.com, accessed on August 28, 2020 .
- ↑ Engelberger Aaschlucht HB2, fairytale two-parter. haengebruecken.com, accessed on August 28, 2020 .
- ↑ track OW 266.0.1 Arnibrügg. (PDF) Federal Inventory of Historic Traffic Routes in Switzerland (IVS), accessed on November 16, 2019 .
- ↑ mansion Sustbrücke. SWISS TIMBER BRIDGES - The Swiss wooden bridges by Werner Minder, accessed on January 28, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Vom Aawasser. Buochs municipality website, accessed on August 28, 2020 .
- ↑ Dörflibrücke. SWISS TIMBER BRIDGES - The Swiss wooden bridges by Werner Minder, accessed on January 28, 2019 .
- ↑ Brig Bridge. SWISS TIMBER BRIDGES - The Swiss wooden bridges by Werner Minder, accessed on January 28, 2019 .
- ↑ Oberau bridge Wolfenschiessen (NW). SWISS TIMBER BRIDGES - The Swiss wooden bridges by Werner Minder, accessed on August 28, 2020 .
- ↑ plug NW 4.3 Art Street from 1861; Giessenbrücke. (PDF) Federal Inventory of Historic Traffic Routes in Switzerland (IVS), accessed on November 16, 2019 .
- ↑ Schwibogen. ortsnames.ch, accessed on August 28, 2020 .
- ↑ Eggertsbüel Bridge. SWISS TIMBER BRIDGES - The Swiss wooden bridges by Werner Minder, accessed on January 29, 2019 .
- ↑ Thread bridge. SWISS TIMBER BRIDGES - The Swiss wooden bridges by Werner Minder, accessed on January 29, 2019 .
- ↑ Route NW 8.2.1 Fadenbrücke. (PDF) Federal Inventory of Historic Traffic Routes in Switzerland (IVS), accessed on November 16, 2019 .
- ↑ Fadenbrücke in Buochs gets a neighbor. Luzerner Zeitung, December 19, 2019, accessed on August 28, 2020 .
- ^ History of Buoch. Buochs municipality website, accessed on August 28, 2020 .