Unique building built in the canton of Graubünden (Switzerland), which is thrown over the river Landvasser, height 65 and a length of 136 meters.
This railway bridge, consisting of six arches are 20 meters long.
Resting at one end of the tunnel Landvasser, the bridge is actually a continuation of it.

Landvasser Viaduct (German Landwasserviadukt) – curved in plan shestiarochny single-track railway bridge.

Masonry viaduct is made with limestone and dolomite, its volume 9200kub.m. The bridge was designed by Alexander Akatosa in 1901-1902 years by Mueller and Tserleder (German Muller & Zeerleder) for the Rhaetian Railway. Construction was carried out for an unusual for the time of technology. Three pillars were built without scaffolding. Instead of the forest in the middle of the supports were erected metal structures that held overhead crane. He was delivering building materials to the site of masonry.
Viaduct opened in 1902. The owner of the bridge is the Rhaetian Railway. The bridge has become a symbol Albuliyskoy railway, which has been listed by UNESCO World Heritage.

The supports were erected without scaffolding. In the center of the supports were placed iron towers, relied on support bridges, cranes at 5 tons As raising support towers were grown, raised the bridges, etc. ….
Iron towers were left in the masonry.

This viaduct is on the site Albuliyskoy railway linking the city and Filisur Tifinkastel. If you go to the last station, it is possible to admire the bridge from a distance. Especially good to see from the viaduct Shmittentobel, also an attraction. Lovely view of the viaduct opened to passengers traveling on railroad Davos – Filisur.

Marks 106 years since the opening of the bridge, and it will have driven 100tys. trains. Demanded the restoration of the viaduct, which was done in 2009. In laying introduced a special firming solution replaced sleepers and rails. The external appearance of the bridge left unchanged.

From May to September 2009 to support the repair and arch viaduct, built in a curve of radius 100 m, covered with sheets of red, thus making the repair facility on a kind of artifact. About 25% of the amount of work performed at night, provided the trains pass through temporary structures. Fully repair the viaduct was completed in November 2009

Viaduct Landvasser line Albula, known so that just became an icon of the railways of Switzerland.

Generally in Switzerland densest in Europe rail network. On average, 1,000 sq km has 122 km of railway lines (see: in Europe, about 46 km on the same square km). Swiss – the most active users of the railways in Europe. So, in 2005, each of them made an average of 42 trips a total length of 1929 km. All over the world, they are second only to the Japanese, who in 2005 more trips, but having driven less kilometers. In the U.S., such figures in 2001 were respectively 0.1 and 32 km trip.

In 2006, train the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) transported 285 million passengers and 60 million tons of cargo. The total length of lines SBB is 3163 km.

Along with the state company SBB in Switzerland there are still private railways with a total length of about 2,000 km. In 2003, they were transported 169 million passengers. About 150 km length of toothed rail railways and cable cars.

Despite the mountains and gorges, the railway – a model of punctuality. Train schedules are well coordinated with those of other bus and river transport modes.
Swiss – master in the construction of railways. You need to be resourceful enough to be able to overcome the difference of mountain heights. Power of the locomotive, generally lacks structure in a straight lift on a steep slope. He will be able to overcome this slope, rising to a curved or circular branch. For example, the route length through the Gotthard Pass to ensure the safe movement of trains along with a straight tunnel was built circular.

In the mountainous canton of Grisons is a lot of long and sometimes whimsically curved railway viaduct that attract tourists from all over the world. Most of them were built in the early XX century.
The highest railway station in Europe “Jungfraujoch” is located at an altitude of 3454 m in the Bernese Oberland.

Official name Landwasserviadukt
Scope of Railway
Crosses the river Landvasser
Location Filisur, Grisons, Switzerland
The design type of arch viaduct
Material Stone
The total length of 136 meters
Longest span six arches of 20 meters
Bridge height of 65 meters
The start of construction in March 1901
Opening date of July 1, 1903

This bridge runs about 22,000 trains per year or about 60 trains a day.

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The architect and the owner of “Studio F” Patrizio Fradiani bought a house in 2001 in the Italian town of Civita Civita di Bagnoregio. The main part of the house was part of a larger building, which in the 20th century section, but this house was originally built in the 14th century.
And although the original stone fireplace, exposed beams and terracotta floors are fascinating to watch, the main feature of the house is his … cave.