Tardis Bridge
The Tardis Bridge is a road bridge in the Swiss canton of Graubünden . It crosses the Alpine Rhine between the villages of Landquart and Mastrils .
history
For the routes from Graubünden to the north - to Lake Constance or towards Zurich - the overgrown rivers Rhine and Landquart , which were not corrected until the 19th century, represented a first-rate traffic obstacle. In 1529 the lower toll bridge over the Rhine was built at the mouth of the Landquart , at that time the the only bridge on the Rhine between Reichenau and Lake Constance, which replaced the episcopal Rhine crossing (ferry or auxiliary bridge) at Maienfeld .
The only year-round connection between the Three Leagues and the Swiss Confederation led via the structure, named Tardisbrücke after its builder Metardus "Tardi" Heinzenberger from Bad Ragaz . The strategic importance during the Graubünden turmoil and the Napoleonic campaigns was correspondingly great . The old bridge was replaced by an iron structure in 1892, which in turn was replaced by an arched bridge in winter 2004.
gallery
Towards Mastrils
after flooding, 1888 looking north
Web links
- Adolf Collenberg: Tardis Bridge. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Coordinates: 46 ° 58 '18.3 " N , 9 ° 32' 59.8" E ; CH1903: 760 644 / 204 459