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Salginatobel Bridge
Society: ASCE Main Category: Civil Sub Category: Bridges Era: 1930-1939 DateCreated: 1930 Salgina Valley ravine Schiers State: Graubünden Zip: Country: Switzerland Website: http://www.asce.org/Project/Salginatobel-Bridge/ Creator: Maillart, Robert

The Salginatobel Bridge, spanning the Salgina Valley ravine, is the earliest surviving three-hinged, hollow box arch bridge designed by  Robert Maillart.

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1990
Image Credit: Courtesy Wikipedia/Rama (CC BY-SA 2.0) Image Caption: Salginatobel Bridge Era_date_from: 1930
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Salginatobel Bridge

The Salginatobel Bridge, spanning the Salgina Valley ravine, is the earliest surviving three-hinged, hollow box arch bridge designed by  Robert Maillart.

Maillart's 1901 invention of the concrete hollow box design became a major bridge building concept. In this design, the concrete arch…

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