Neubrügg

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Aare

The Neubrügg, also called Neubrückenstraße or Neubrücke, is the oldest surviving wooden bridge in the canton of Bern in Switzerland and operates in Bremgarten on the Aare, where it joins the community Kirchlindachstrasse with the Bern Neufeld quarter.

The Neubrügg replaced 1534/35 one built in 1466 at the same location as Fährersatz bridge connecting early as 1467 Kirchlindachstrasse with Bern. It is a covered wooden bridge on four stone pillars, which are built of tuff, sandstone and conglomerate rock. The wooden structure consists mainly of fir wood, for important structural elements also oak was used. Until 1838, the road bridge was an important customs post.

Technically, the traffic Neubrügg in 1913 replaced by the newly built, 800 m downstream location Halenbrücke. This brought a significant improvement of the roads in the northern agglomeration with the town of Bern.

The Neubrügg is listed in the inventory of historic routes in Switzerland as an object of national importance and is a cultural asset of national importance.

Neubrügg - Interior, wooden construction and asphalt pavement

Neubrügg - west side

Neubrügg - south portal