The Schwandbach Bridge is a deck-stiffened reinforced concrete arch bridge near Bern in Switzerland, designed by Robert Maillart and completed in 1933 at a cost of 47,298 CHF.
The bridge has a main span of 37 metres, and a total length of 55.6m. The arch is polygonal rather than curved, and is only 200 mm thick. It supports the bridge deck via 160 mm thick reinforced concrete cross walls. The deck is thicker than the arch, and is stiff enough to prevent the slender arch from buckling. The highway deck is curved in plan. The arch varies in width from 4.2 metres to 6 metres, with one edge forming a straight line between river banks, and the other following the curve of the road. This arrangement helps to resist centrifugal forces from the traffic loads and from the curved deck's tendency to twist.
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