Martinsilta (St. Martin's Bridge) ( Swedish: Martinsbron) is a beam bridge spanning the Aurajoki river in Turku, Finland. It was built in 1940, although a proposed bridge appeared on its present location already in the city plan that Carl Ludvig Engel created after the Great Fire of Turku of 1827. [1] The bridge is 104.5 metres (343 ft) in length.
The bridge is a one-way bridge crossing from Linnankatu to Itäinen Rantakatu in a south-southeast direction. The nearby Myllysilta bridge carries one-way traffic in the opposite direction. In 2010, due to the collapse of the Myllysilta bridge, Martinsilta was temporarily turned into a two-way bridge until Myllysilta was rebuilt and opened to traffic. [2]
References
- ^ Iso tietosanakirja, 14.ofsa (Troopillinen-Wasenius), art. Turku, s. 301, Otava 1938 in an old dictionary in Finnish
- ^ "City of Turku bulletin regarding Myllysilta Bridge ̣– updated March 7, 2010". Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved March 9, 2010.
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