List of bridges over the Limmat
The list of bridges over the Limmat contains the bridges from the outflow from Lake Zurich to the confluence with Gibstorf in the Aare .
image | Surname | place | function | location | Remarks |
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Quay bridge | Zurich-Bellevue - Zurich-Bürkliplatz | Four-lane road bridge with sidewalks on both sides, separate cycle paths and two tram tracks in the middle | cards | Steel-concrete composite bridge, built 1882/84, widened in 1939, bridge superstructure replaced in 1984, renovated in 2015
Top speed 50 km / h Tram lines 2, 5, 8, 9 and 11 |
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Munster Bridge | Zurich-Limmatquai - Zurich-Stadthausquai | Two-lane road bridge with sidewalks on both sides | cards | Natural stone arch bridge worthy of protection, built in 1836/38
Top speed 30 km / h |
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Rathausbrücke (vegetable bridge) | Zurich-Limmatquai - Zurich-Weinplatz | Square footbridge | cards | Reinforced concrete slab bridge, built 1972/73
Planned new building 2023/26 |
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Rudolf Brun Bridge (Urania Bridge) | Zurich-Limmatquai - Zurich -Bahnhofquai | Three-lane road bridge (two-lane in the direction of Uraniastrasse, single-lane in the direction of Limmatquai) with three bicycle lanes and sidewalks on both sides | cards | The Urania Bridge, built in 1912/13, was renamed “Rudolf-Brun-Brücke” in 1951
1990/91 new building in the old form in the same location Veloland Route 66 : Gold Coast – Limmat, Stage 1 Rapperswil – Zurich |
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Mill bridge | Zurich-Limmatquai - Zurich-Bahnhofquai | Footbridge | cards | Steel truss bridge, built 1981/82
Love locks hang on the metal railing |
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Station bridge | Zurich-Central - Zurich-Bahnhofplatz | Four-lane road bridge with sidewalks on both sides and two tram tracks in the middle | cards | Beam bridge, built in 1861/63, widened in 1899, new building in 1950/52
Top speed 50 km / h Tram lines 3, 4, 6, 7 and 10 Trolleybus routes 31 and 46 Night bus lines N2, N4, N5, N6, N7, N8 and N78 |
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Walche Bridge | Zurich-Walcheplatz - Zurich -Museumstrasse | Four-lane road bridge with sidewalks on both sides and two tram tracks in the middle | cards | Girder bridge, built 1912/13, new build 1957/58
Top speed 50 km / h Tram lines 11 and 14 |
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Drahtschmidlisteg | Zurich-Drahtschmidlisteig - Zurich-Platzspitz | Pedestrian and bicycle bridge | cards |
Driving ban for motor vehicles, motorcycles and motorcycles
Veloland Route 34 : Rhein-Hirzel-Linth, Stage 1 Kaiserstuhl – Zurich Veloland Route 45: Stage 2 Winterthur – Zurich trail |
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Lettenwehrsteg (Platzspitzwehr) | Zurich-Platzspitz | Limmat power plant works bridge | cards | The Letten weir, completed in 1951, is the core of the regulation of Lake Zurich | |
Kornhausbrücke | Zurich-Unterstrass - Zurich industrial quarter | Four-lane road bridge with sidewalks on both sides | cards | Arch bridge, built in 1929
Top speed 50 km / h |
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Lettensteg | Zurich-Wipkingen - Zurich industrial quarter | Footbridge | cards | ||
Letten Bridge Power Plant | Zurich-Wipkingen | Limmat power plant works bridge | cards | ||
Latvian Viaduct | Zurich-Wipkingen - Zurich industrial quarter | Pedestrian and bicycle bridge | cards | Two-hinged arch bridge, built in 1894 as a railway bridge | |
Wipkinger Viaduct | Zurich-Wipkingen - Zurich industrial quarter | Double track railway bridge | cards | Truss bridge with overhead carriageway, built in 1894
Wipkinger line (Zurich HB – Wipkingen – Oerlikon) Top speed 80 km / h |
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Dam footbridge | Zurich-Wipkingen - Zurich industrial quarter | Footbridge | cards | Girder bridge | |
Wipkingerbrücke (direction of travel Wipkingen) | Zurich-Wipkingen - Zurich-West | Two-lane road bridge with sidewalk | cards | The lanes of Wipkingerstrasse are on the left and right of the Hardbrücke
Top speed 50 km / h |
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Hard bridge | Zurich-Wipkingen - Zurich-West | Four-lane road bridge with two tram tracks below the bridge | cards | Girder bridge, built 1969/72, renovated in 2009/11
Top speed 50 km / h Trolleybus routes 33 and 72 Bus lines 83 and N8 Tram line 13 |
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Wipkingerbrücke (direction Escher-Wyss-Platz) | Zurich-Wipkingen - Zurich-West | Two-lane road bridge with sidewalk | cards | Top speed 50 km / h | |
Ampèresteg | Zurich-Wipkingen - Zurich-West | Pedestrian and bicycle bridge | cards | Girder bridge, opened in 2005
Driving ban for motor vehicles and motorcycles, excluding public services Maximum weight 3.5 t |
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Hardturmsteg | Zurich-Höngg - Zurich-West | Pedestrian and bicycle bridge | cards | Driving ban for motor vehicles, motorcycles and motorcycles | |
Hardturm Viaduct | Zurich-Höngg - Zurich-West | Double track railway bridge | cards | Prestressed concrete box girder bridge, built 1965/68
The viaduct was the longest railway bridge in Switzerland from its opening on June 1, 1969 until 2015 Käferberglinie (Zurich HB – Hardbrücke – Oerlikon) Top speed 95 km / h |
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Hardeggsteg | Zurich-Höngg - Zurich-Altstetten | Pedestrian and bicycle bridge | cards |
Driving ban for motor vehicles, motorcycles and motorcycles
Wanderland Route 897 : Limmat-Uferweg, Rundweg Zürich-Hardturm - Zürich-Hardturm |
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Europabrücke (Altstetter Viaduct) | Zurich-Höngg - Zurich-Altstetten | Four-lane road bridge with sidewalks on both sides | cards | Viaduct, built 1961/62
Maximum speed 50 km / h, maximum weight 10 t Bus lines 80, 89, 304, 308 and 485 |
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Höngger weir footbridge | Zurich-Höngg - Zurich-Altstetten | Pedestrian and bicycle bridge | cards | ||
Hönggerwehr connecting bridge | Zurich-Höngg | Pedestrian and bicycle bridge | cards | ||
Winzerhaldebrücke (Oberwasserkanal power plant) | Zurich-Höngg | Pedestrian and bicycle bridge | cards | Access to the Werdinsel
Wanderland Route 897 : Limmat-Uferweg, Rundweg Zürich-Hardturm - Zürich-Hardturm |
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Werdinsel Bridge (Oberwasserkanal power plant) | Zurich-Höngg | Single lane road bridge | cards | Driving ban on motor vehicles, motorcycles and motorcycles; except for those with authorization | |
Werdinsel footbridge | Zurich-Höngg - Zurich-Altstetten | Footbridge | cards | Suspension bridge, built in 1988
Engine number 09F / W13 |
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Höngg -Steg power plant (underwater canal power plant) | Zurich-Höngg | Footbridge | cards | Wanderland Route 897 : Limmat-Uferweg, Rundweg Zürich-Hardturm - Zürich-Hardturm | |
Werdhölzli Bridge | Zurich-Höngg - Zurich-Altstetten | Pedestrian bridge with pipeline from Erdgas Ostschweiz AG | cards | Suspension bridge | |
A1H motorway bridges | Oberengstringen - Zurich-Altstetten | Two three-lane road bridges | cards | Top speed 120 km / h
Engineering number 245-002 |
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A1H pedestrian bridge | Oberengstringen - Zurich-Altstetten | Pedestrian and bicycle bridge | cards | Bridge is located below the A1H motorway bridge (direction Zurich) | |
Gas works footbridge | Oberengstringen - Schlieren | Footbridge | cards | Engineering number 247-201
trail |
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Weiningerstrasse Bridge | Unterengstringen | Two-lane road bridge with sidewalks | cards | Top speed 50 km / h
Construction number 249-004 trail |
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Limmat Bridge Kloster Fahr (Ueberlandstrasse) | Dietikon - Schlieren | Two-lane road bridge with sidewalks | cards | Top speed 60 km / h
Truss bridge, built in 1924 Construction number 247-005 trail |
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Hardwald Bridge gravel works | Dietikon - Schlieren | Disused single-track railway bridge | cards | Prohibition for pedestrians: Any unauthorized person is hereby strictly forbidden from entering the railway bridge with police buses up to CHF 50.00 | |
Glanzenberg footbridge | Dietikon | Pedestrian and bicycle bridge | cards |
Driving ban for motor vehicles, motorcycles and motorcycles
Engineering number 243-201 Veloland Route 66 : Gold Coast – Limmat, Stage 2 Zurich – Baden Wanderland Route 897 : Limmat-Uferweg, Rundweg Zürich-Hardturm - Zürich-Hardturm |
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A3 / A4 motorway bridges | Dietikon | Three-lane road bridge (direction Urdorf) and two-lane road bridge (direction Limmattaler Kreuz) | cards | Top speed 100 km / h
Engineering number 243-204 |
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Military bridging | Dietikon | Former French army pontoon bridge from September 25, 1799 | cards | ||
Dietikon -Steg doping power plant | Unterengstringen - Dietikon | Factory bridge | cards | ||
Limmat Bridge (Ueberlandstrasse) | Weiningen ZH - Dietikon | Two-lane road bridge with sidewalks | cards | Girder bridge, built in 1928, renovated in 1994
Top speed 60 km / h Engineering number 243-016 Veloland Route 66 : Gold Coast – Limmat, Stage 2 Zurich – Baden |
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Oberwasserkanalbrücke (Oberwasserkanal power plant) | Dietikon | Two-lane road bridge with sidewalks | cards | Girder bridge, built in 1928, renovated in 1994
Top speed 60 km / h Engine number 243-015 Veloland Route 51 : Säuliamt – Schwyz, stage 1 Dietikon – Zug |
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Karl-Heid-Strasse-Brücke (Unterwasserkanal power plant) | Dietikon | Two-lane works bridge with a separate sidewalk and two pipes | cards | Private access to the EWZ island | |
EWZ Island Bridge (Unterwasserkanal power plant) | Dietikon | Two-lane works bridge | cards | Girder bridge, built in 2018
Private access to the EWZ island |
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Grien Island Bridge (Underwater Canal Power Plant) | Dietikon | Pedestrian and bicycle bridge | cards | Jumping from the bridge into the canal is prohibited, swimming is not permitted | |
Reppisch-Spitz-Steg (underwater canal power plant) | Dietikon | Pedestrian and bicycle bridge | cards | Wooden bridge, built 2018/19
Construction number 243-313 Veloland Route 66 : Gold Coast – Limmat, Stage 2 Zurich – Baden |
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Schachen bridge | Geroldswil - Dietikon | Pedestrian and bicycle bridge | cards | ||
A1 / A3 motorway bridges | Geroldswil - Dietikon | Four-lane road bridge (direction Limmattaler Kreuz) and three-lane road bridge (direction Spreitenbach) | cards | Prestressed concrete girder bridges, opened in 1968
Top speed 120 km / h |
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Mutschellenstrasse bridge | Oetwil on the Limmat - Dietikon | Two-lane road bridge with sidewalk | cards | Top speed 80 km / h
Construction number 243-002 |
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Limmatinsel Bridge | Spreitenbach | Footbridge | cards | Wooden girder bridge
Camping, bringing dogs and nude bathing are prohibited on the Limmat Island |
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Würenlos Bridge | Würenlos - kill cheeks | Single-lane road bridge with a separated sidewalk | cards | For the construction of the A1 motorway, the iron bridge was pushed a hundred meters upstream in 1967
Right of way in front of oncoming traffic (direction Killwangen) Give way to oncoming traffic (direction Würenlos) Maximum speed 50 km / h, maximum weight 5 t, maximum height 2.8 m Veloland Route 66 : Gold Coast – Limmat, Stage 2 Zurich – Baden |
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A1 / A3 motorway bridges | Würenlos - kill cheeks | Two three-lane road bridges | cards | Prestressed concrete girder bridges, built in 1967/70
Building number N1-520, maximum speed 120 km / h |
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SBB bridge | Würenlos - kill cheeks | Single-track railway bridge | cards | Freight line: Freight trains from Eastern Switzerland reach the Limmattal marshalling yard via this bridge
Top speed 95 km / h |
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Tägerhard Bridge (Wettingen Reservoir) | Wettingen - Neuenhof AG | Pedestrian and bicycle bridge | cards | Building number N1-510A
Veloland Route 66 : Gold Coast – Limmat, Stage 2 Zurich – Baden hiking trail |
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A1 / A3 motorway bridges (Wettingen reservoir) | Wettingen - Neuenhof AG | Two three-lane road bridges | cards | Building number N1-510
Top speed 120 km / h |
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Wettingen power plant weir bridge (Wettingen reservoir) | Wettingen - Neuenhof AG | Pedestrian and bicycle bridge | cards | Dam wall with bridge, opened in 1933 | |
Upper Limmat Bridge Wettingen | Wettingen - Neuenhof AG | Double track railway bridge | cards |
Zurich – Baden railway line
Top speed 125 km / h |
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Limmatbrücke Neuenhof (swimming pool street) | Wettingen - Neuenhof AG | 278 Two-lane road bridge with a separate pedestrian and bicycle path below the road | cards | High beam bridge, built in 1970
Building number N1-504 Veloland Route 66 : Gold Coast – Limmat, Stage 2 Zurich – Baden |
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Wooden bridge Wettingen Monastery | Wettingen - Neuenhof AG | Pedestrian and bicycle bridge | cards | Covered wooden bridge worth protecting, built in 1818
Building number B-7008 Kulturweg Limmat hiking trail |
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Paul Fischer Bridge ( Gwaggelibrugg ) | Wettingen - Neuenhof AG | Footbridge with stairs | cards | Cable suspension bridge worth protecting, built in 1863, renovated in 1981/82 | |
Webermühle footbridge | Wettingen - Neuenhof AG | Pedestrian and bicycle bridge | cards |
Limmat Culture Trail
trail |
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Lower Limmat Bridge Wettingen | Wettingen - Baden AG | Three-track railway bridge | cards |
Zurich – Baden railway line (two tracks)
Zofingen – Wettingen railway line (third track) Top speed 110 km / h |
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Footbridge railway bridge | Wettingen - Baden AG | Pedestrian and bicycle bridge | cards | Beam bridge, opened in 1922 | |
Aue bridge doping power plant (Von Rechenbergweg) | Baden AG | Single-lane works bridge | cards | General driving ban: Except for public services | |
Baden high bridge | Baden AG | 278 279 Three-lane road bridge with sidewalks on both sides | cards | Reinforced concrete arch bridge, built 1924/26, renovated 1991/94
Building number B-065 |
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Baden wooden bridge | Baden AG | Pedestrian and bicycle bridge | cards | Protected covered wooden bridge, opened in 1810
Maximum speed 20 km / h, maximum weight 3.5 t, maximum height 3.2 m Veloland Route 66 : Gold Coast – Limmat, Stage 2 Zurich – Baden Veloland route 5 : Mittelland route, stage 3 Kloten – Aarau Wanderland Route 5 : Jura – Höhenweg, stage 1 Dielsdorf – Brugg |
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Limmatsteg with promenade lift | Ennetbaden - Baden AG | Pedestrian and bicycle bridge, with a lift to Baden train station | cards | Beam bridge with promenade lift , built in 2007 | |
Crooked bridge | Ennetbaden - Baden AG | Two-lane road bridge with sidewalks on both sides | cards | Steel composite truss bridge, opened in 1874
Closed to private motorized traffic since 2006. Since then it has continued to be used by buses and is used for pedestrian and bicycle traffic Building number B-067 trail |
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Henri-Mercier-Passarelle | Ennetbaden - Baden AG | Footbridge | cards | General driving ban | |
Pedestrian bridge with a lookout point | Rieden AG - Baden AG | Footbridge | cards | Beam bridge with viewing platform and three benches
trail |
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Siggenthaler Bridge | Rieden AG - Baden AG | Three-lane road bridge with sidewalks and bicycle lanes on both sides | cards | Reinforced concrete arch bridge, built 1999–2001
Top speed 50 km / h Building number B-068 |
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Kappelerhof footbridge | Baden AG | Footbridge | cards | Timber-beam bridge, built in 2007 | |
Kappelerhof bridge power plant | Obersiggenthal - Baden AG | Single-lane weir bridge | cards | Driving ban for motor vehicles and motorcycles | |
ARA Turgi water pipeline bridge | Obersiggenthal - Turgi | pipeline | cards | ||
Limmat Bridge Turgi (Schöneggstrasse) | Obersiggenthal - Turgi | Two-lane road bridge with sidewalks on both sides | cards | Girder bridge, built in 1978
Building number B-069, maximum speed 50 km / h |
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Turgi Island Bridge Power Plant (Power Plant Canal) | Untersiggenthal - Turgi | Single-lane works bridge | cards | ||
Ennetturgi wooden bridge | Untersiggenthal - Turgi | Pedestrian and bicycle bridge | cards | Protected covered wooden bridge with bay window and turret above the central river pillar, built in 1921, partially rebuilt in 1990, renovated in 2014/15
Driving ban for motor vehicles, motorcycles and motorcycles trail |
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Aubrücke (Steigstrasse) | Untersiggenthal - Turgi | Single lane road bridge with sidewalk | cards | Top speed 20 km / h
Maximum weight 3.5 t Right of way in front of oncoming traffic (direction Untersiggenthal) |
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SBB Limmat Bridge Turgi | Untersiggenthal - Turgi | Single-track railway bridge | cards |
Turgi – Koblenz – Waldshut railway line
Top speed 110 km / h |
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BBC Limmat Bridge (Austrasse) | Untersiggenthal - Gibstorf | Two-lane road bridge with sidewalks on both sides | cards | Top speed 50 km / h
Building number B-7001 |
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Limmatstrasse-Bridge ( Power Plant Gibstorf Oberwasserkanal) | Gibstorf-Vogelsang | Two-lane road bridge | cards | Top speed 30 km / h | |
Limmatspitz-Steg (Gibstorf power station underwater canal) | Gibstorf-Vogelsang | Footbridge | cards | ||
Stroppel power plant - weir bridge (Stroppel Canal) | Untersiggenthal | Single-lane works bridge with barrier | cards | Entering the weir is prohibited | |
Stroppel -Steg power plant (Stroppelkanal) | Untersiggenthal | Power plant pedestrian bridge | cards | ||
Stroppelinsel-Brücke (Stroppelkanal) | Untersiggenthal - Gibstorf | Private pedestrian bridge with barrier | cards |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Quai Bridge. Gang dur Alt-Züri, accessed on August 23, 2019 .
- ↑ The Munster Bridge. Gang dur Alt-Züri, accessed on August 23, 2019 .
- ↑ The Rathausbrücke. Gang dur Alt-Züri, accessed on August 24, 2019 .
- ↑ City Hall Bridge. City of Zurich Civil Engineering Office, accessed on August 24, 2019 .
- ↑ The Rudolf-Brun-Bridge. Gang dur Alt-Züri, accessed on August 24, 2019 .
- ↑ The Mühlesteg. Gang dur Alt-Züri, accessed on August 24, 2019 .
- ^ Rebekka Haefeli: The «Love Bridge» of Zurich. Neue Zürcher Zeitung, April 25, 2013, accessed on August 24, 2019 .
- ^ Amperesteg (Zurich, 2005). Structurae, January 26, 2009, accessed September 3, 2019 .
- ↑ Hardturm Viaduct. Structurae, accessed September 1, 2019 .
- ↑ Limmat Bridge Würenlos (A1). Structurae, February 15, 2007, accessed September 3, 2019 .
- ↑ Street from the 17th century in Wettingen monastery. (PDF) Federal inventory of Swiss traffic routes worthy of protection (IVS), accessed on September 25, 2019 .
- ↑ Gwaggelibrugg. (PDF) Federal inventory of Swiss traffic routes worthy of protection (IVS), accessed on September 25, 2019 .
- ^ Siggenthalerbrücke (Baden / Obersiggenthal). Structurae, May 25, 2004, accessed September 3, 2019 .
- ^ Kappelerhof Bridge, Baden (AG). Swiss Timber Bridges, accessed on September 2, 2019 .
- ^ Limmat Bridge Turgi (AG). Swiss Timber Bridges, accessed on September 2, 2019 .
- ↑ A bridge. (PDF) Federal inventory of Swiss traffic routes worthy of protection (IVS), accessed on September 25, 2019 .