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Vessy Bridge

bridge, Vessy, Switzerland

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  • Seto Great Bridge
    In bridge: Maillart’s innovations

    Some of his last bridges—at Vessy, Liesberg, and Lachen—illustrate his mature vision for the possibilities of structural art. Over the Arve River at Vessy in 1935, Maillart designed a three-hinged, hollow-box arch in which the thin cross-walls taper at mid-height, forming an X shape. This striking design, giving life to…

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