Hardbrücke
Hardbrücke | |
|---|---|
Hardbrücke, Hardbrücke railway station, and Prime Tower | |
| Coordinates | 47°23′07″N 8°31′02″E / 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 | |
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.
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.