Kyrkbron, Umeå
Kyrkbron | |
|---|---|
North side's entrance ramp. | |
| Coordinates | 63°49′15″N 20°16′0″E / 63.82083°N 20.26667°E |
| Carries | Vehicles, pedestrians and bikes |
| Crosses | Ume River |
| Locale | Umeå |
| Maintained by | Umeå Municipality |
| ID number | AC 1342 |
| Characteristics | |
| Material | Reinforced concrete |
| Total length | 391 meters |
| Width | West bridge: 11–19 m East bridge: 13–20 m |
| No. of spans | 11 |
| Clearance below | 3.8 meters |
| History | |
| Constructed by | AB Vägförbättringar |
| Construction start | 16 June 1972 |
| Construction end | 26 September 1975 |
| Statistics | |
| Daily traffic | 13 300 vehicles and 1 900 bikes |
| Location | |
Kyrkbron is a bridge in Umeå that takes Östra Kyrkogatan over Ume River to Teg on the south side. The construction of Kyrkbron started in 1973 and it was opened on 26 September 1975 becoming Umeå's third bridge over the Ume river. A discussion about whether or not the bridge should be located next to the church lasted from the early 1960s and continued into the 1970s. During the construction an unknown burial ground was encountered (an older part of the cemetery), leading to archaeological excavations.
The bridge consists of two parallel girders in concrete with vertical straight supports. It is actually two separate bridges, each with their lane with on and exit ramps that extend out over the river on the north side. The purpose of building Kyrkbron was to relieve Tegsbron from some of the traffic and Kyrkbron was designed with the expectation that there would be a drastic increase in car traffic in the city center, which proved to be highly optimistic.