Article source: Marte Marte Architects

Alfenz Bridge

The entry to the Montafon Valley is a topographical bottleneck. The railway, the federal highway and the new cycling path offer access to the southernmost valley of Vorarlberg, which is surrounded by high Alpine mountain ranges. Running parallel with the valley, the raging Ill River, prone to flooding, crosses the Alfenz River from the east and channels the Alfenz River into its current. A few meters before the confluence, the new concrete bridge structure spans the tributary and grants pedestrians and cyclists safe passage.

Image Courtesy © Marc Lins

• Architects: Marte Marte Architects
• Project: Alfenz bridge
• Location: Montafon, Austria
• Photography: Marc Lins
• Client: Country of Vorarlberg, Departement of roadworks
• Statics: M+G Ingenieure
• Construction firm: Tomaselli Gabriel Bau GmbH
• Site: 6700 Lorüns, L188, km 85.5
• Span length: ca. 33m
• Total area: 116 m²