Quaibrücke, Zurich
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Quaibrücke | |
| Coordinates | 47°22′01″N 8°32′35″E / 47.36694°N 8.54306°E |
| Carries | Two tram tracks, and on each side two lanes for road traffic, bicycles, and pedestrian sidewalks |
| Crosses | Limmat, the outflow of Lake Zurich |
| Locale | Zurich, Switzerland |
| Official name | Quaibrücke |
| ID number | 1560 |
| Followed by | Münsterbrücke |
| Characteristics | |
| Material | Steel |
| Width | 30.5 m (100 ft) |
| Longest span | 121.9 m (400 ft) |
| No. of spans | 4 |
| History | |
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| Engineering design by | Arnold Bürkli |
| Construction start | 1880 |
| Construction end | 1884 |
| Opened | 1 January 1885, 18 March 1984 |
| Rebuilt | 1932, 1939 (widening to 28.5m), 1983-1984 (total rebuild and widening to 30.5m), 2015 (refurbishment) |
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Quaibrücke (lit. 'Quay Bridge') is a road, tramway, pedestrian and bicycle bridge over the river Limmat, at the outflow of Lake Zurich in the city of Zurich, Switzerland. It was built simultaneously with the construction of Zurich's new quays between 1881 and 1887.