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Malmskillnadsbron (''The Malmskillnad Bridge'') is an
Stockholmskällan
- Historical images of Malmskillnadsbron. Bridges in Stockholm Bridges completed in 1911 1911 establishments in Sweden {{Sweden-bridge-struct-stub
Malmskillnadsbron (''The Malmskillnad Bridge'') is an arch bridge
An arch bridge is a bridge with abutments at each end shaped as a curved arch. Arch bridges work by transferring the weight of the bridge and its loads partially into a horizontal thrust restrained by the abutments at either side. A viaduct ...
in central Stockholm, Sweden. It takes the street Malmskillnadsgatan
Malmskillnadsgatan (Swedish: "The Ridge Dividing Street") is a 650-metre long street in central Stockholm, Sweden. It stretches northward from the Brunkebergstorg square over Hamngatan; crosses Mäster Samuelsgatan and Oxtorgsgatan; passes ...
over Kungsgatan flanked on its east side by two Art Deco
Art Deco, short for the French ''Arts Décoratifs'', and sometimes just called Deco, is a style of visual arts, architecture, and product design, that first appeared in France in the 1910s (just before World War I), and flourished in the Unite ...
towers called Kungstornen. For an explanation of ''Malmskillnad'', see Malmskillnadsgatan
Malmskillnadsgatan (Swedish: "The Ridge Dividing Street") is a 650-metre long street in central Stockholm, Sweden. It stretches northward from the Brunkebergstorg square over Hamngatan; crosses Mäster Samuelsgatan and Oxtorgsgatan; passes ...
.
Built in connection with the excavation of Brunkebergsåsen
Brunkebergsåsen was an esker that once reached over much of Stockholm's Norrmalm district. Geologically, it is a part of the much larger Stockholmsåsen. It formed a considerable obstacle to traffic, effectively dividing Norrmalm into a western ...
for Kungsgatan, Malmskillnadsbron was inaugurated in 1911, one year after the completion of the parallel bridge taking Regeringsgatan over Kungsgatan, circumstantially called ''Regeringsgatans viadukt över Kungsgatan'', "The Bridge of Regeringsgatan over Kungsgatan", and, more popularly, ''Regeringsgatans bro'', Bridge of Regeringsgatan.
The bridge is a reinforced concrete three- hinged arch bridge
An arch bridge is a bridge with abutments at each end shaped as a curved arch. Arch bridges work by transferring the weight of the bridge and its loads partially into a horizontal thrust restrained by the abutments at either side. A viaduct ...
dressed in granite
Granite () is a coarse-grained ( phaneritic) intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase. It forms from magma with a high content of silica and alkali metal oxides that slowly cools and solidifies under ...
slabs. The vault is entirely filled and supported on both sides by concrete walls perpendicular to Kungsgatan. The span is 24 metres, the width of 9.05 metres between the railings, and the bridge has a 5.55 metres wide roadway originally dressed in cobblestones.
See also
*List of bridges in Stockholm
This is a list of some of the most notable bridges and viaducts in Stockholm, starting with those located closest to the city centre. Many more bridges and viaducts could, of course, be added, including those on the rail and motorway networks, and ...
* Bridge of Regeringsgatan
* Sveavägen
Sveavägen is a major street in Stockholm, Sweden.
Sveavägen originates at Sergels torg in the city district of Norrmalm, and goes north through the Vasastan district toward the border to Solna Municipality and the Haga Park. It is often kno ...
References
External links
Stockholmskällan
- Historical images of Malmskillnadsbron. Bridges in Stockholm Bridges completed in 1911 1911 establishments in Sweden {{Sweden-bridge-struct-stub