Hardbrücke
The Hardbrücke (Swiss German: Hardbrugg) is a 1,350 metres (4,430 ft) long road bridge and important north–south connection in the Swiss city of Zürich. As of 2009, 70,000 vehicles use the bridge daily.
Hardbrücke | |
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Hardbrücke, Hardbrücke railway station, and Prime Tower | |
| Coordinates | 47.38514°N 8.51717°E |
| Crosses | River Limmat Zürich–Baden railway line and Zurich–Winterthur railway line (Käferberg Tunnel variant) Various streets |
| Locale | City of Zürich, Canton of Zürich, Switzerland |
| Preceded by | Hardbrücke truss bridge |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Girder bridge |
| Material | Concrete |
| Total length | 1,350 m (4,430 ft) |
| Width | 17.5 m (57 ft) to 28.4 m (93 ft) |
| History | |
| Construction start | 1969 |
| Opened | 1972 |
| Statistics | |
| Daily traffic | 70,000 (2009) |
| Location | |
From north to south, the bridge crosses Wipkingerplatz in the Wipkingen quarter, the River Limmat, a couple of roads of the Industriequartier (including Escher-Wyss-Platz), the railway tracks of the Zürich–Baden and Käferberg lines (including a railway station), numerous holding tracks of the track field preceding Zürich HB, the former goods station (mostly removed) and a road (Hohlstrasse) in Zürich's District 4. Over the Limmat, the Hardbrücke forms an upper level to the lower level Wipkingerbrücke, a road/tramway bridge.
There are several exit and entrance ramps that link the bridge to the streets below. Some junctions on the bridge have traffic lights.