Postbrücke, , is a

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Zurich Zurich (; ) is the list of cities in Switzerland, largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is in north-central Switzerland, at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich. , the municipality had 448,664 inhabitants. The ...

, Switzerland, constructed between 1927 and 1930. Its name derives from the (), located nearby and built in 1930. Located west of Bahnhofplatz, one of the city's main squares, and east of Europaallee, the bridge spans the

Sihl The Sihl is a Switzerland, Swiss river that rises near the Druesberg mountain in the canton of Schwyz, and eventually flows into the Limmat in the centre of the Zürich, city of Zürich, after crossing the Zürich–Winterthur railway at . It has ...

river before it continues under the surface platforms of

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on its northern side. spans the river on the station's northern side, while Gessnerbrücke crosses it south of Postbrücke. The bridge, which is about long and has five spans, connects Bahnhofplatz and Gessnerallee to Kasernenstrasse. It is made of

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, with clad

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pillars. Its

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was replaced in 1989 and it was reinforced in 2021. The surface of the brige contains a road ( one way), a

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and

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s. In 2018, the section of the Sihl south of the bridge, up to the confluence with the

Schanzengraben Schanzengraben is a moat and a section of the northwestern extension of the '' Seeuferanlage'' promenades that were built between 1881 and 1887 in Zurich, Switzerland. Schanzengraben is, among the adjoint ''Katz'' bastion at the Old Botanical G ...

, was renaturalised to promote populations of fish, such as the

common nase The common nase (''Chondrostoma nasus'') is a European potamodromous cyprinid fish. It is often simply called the nase, but that can refer to any species of its genus '' Chondrostoma''. Another name is sneep. Distribution The nase is found natur ...

, and other aquatic organisms. This section was until 2004 covered by the . Later, it was covered by a deck with facilities used for the construction of the Löwenstrasse underground station. During the construction, the bed of the Sihl below the platforms and adjacent bridges was lowered as a measure for

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{{Zurich Bridges in Zurich Sihl Road bridges in Switzerland Bridges completed in 1930 1930 establishments in Switzerland

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