Vasabron
Coordinates: 59 ° 19 ′ 38 ″ N , 18 ° 3 ′ 52 ″ E
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| use | Road bridge | |
| Crossing of | Norrström | |
| place | Stockholm | |
| construction | Arch bridge | |
| overall length | 208 m | |
| Longest span | 32 m | |
| start of building | 1875 | |
| completion | 1878 | |
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Vasabron (Eng. Vasa Bridge) is a bridge over the Norrström in central Stockholm , Sweden . It connects Norrmalm with the old town of Stockholm. The bridge was named after King Gustav Vasa .
history
Vasabron was built between 1875 and 1878. It was Sweden's first bridge with cast steel arches . A proposal for a suspension bridge was discussed as early as 1830. In a competition between 1847 and 1848, the proposal for a cast-iron bridge by Georg Theodor Chiewitz (1815–62) was accepted, which was only realized thirty years later with the final drawings by Edvard von Rothstein (1821–1890). The individual bridge arches each consist of seven cast steel arches and railings and lanterns made of cast iron.
The original gas lamps were replaced by electric street lights in 1911 , designed in Art Nouveau style by architect Agi Lindegren . The ornate lanterns were cast by Skoglund & Olson in Gävle . The bridge foundation was created using the underwater cast concrete method. The supporting parts was at AB Atlas factories in the Atlas region in Vasastaden prefabricated
In 1909 Vasabron was converted for road traffic. When the Centralbron was opened in 1959, Vasabron lost its importance as a traffic route.
Web links
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- Dufwa, Arne (1985). "Broar och viadukter: Vasabron". Stockholm's tekniska historia: Trafik, broar, tunnelbanor, gator. Uppsala: Stockholms gatukontor and Kommittén för Stockholmsforskning. p. 186. ISBN 91-38-08725-1 .
- Stockholms Byggnader, Bokförlaget Prisma, Stockholm 1977