The Salginatobel bridge is completed at the beginning of August 1930 and awaits the lowering of the scaffolding and the subsequent load test. (Photo D. Mischol/Archive A. Kessler)
Technical Fact Sheet
| Construction: | Three-hinged arch, developed as a hollow box girder |
| Construction material: | Reinforced concrete |
| Total length: | 132.30 m |
| Roadway width: | 3.50 m |
| Road gradient: | 3 % or 3.97 m |
| Span of the arch: | 90.04 m |
| Arch rise: | 12.99 m |
| Dimensions of the arch slab: | At the support hinges: 0.40 x 6.00 m At the crown: 0.20 x 3.80 |
| Load-bearing capacity: | 8 t or 350 kg/m² |
| Height above water: | 90 m |
| Project: | Ingenieurbureau Maillart, Genf |
| Execution: | Florian Prader & Cie., Zurich/Chur |
| Scaffolding: | Gerüstbauunternehmung Richard Coray, Trin |
| Construction time: | 1929/30 |
| Total cost: | CHF 180’000.- |