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.
10-619: 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
20-633: 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 . The bridge ( German : Brücke ) gets its name from the German toponym ( Flurname ) Hard , meaning hill or forest, used for
30-545: Is a quarter in the district 10 in Zürich . It was formerly a municipality of its own, having been incorporated into Zürich in 1893. The quarter has a population of 15,446 distributed on an area of 2.11 km². Zentrum für Migrationskirchen (literally: Centre for migration churches) comprises eight Protestant churches from four continents, situated in the former church hall of the Evangelical Reformed Church of
40-429: Is ranked 11th in the country (as of 2018). The station can be accessed either from the bridge or via an underpass . There are stairs and elevators in both cases. The bridge is used both by private and public transport . Above the railway station, there is a tram and bus stop (called Bahnhof Hardbrücke ) served by VBZ tram route 8 , trolleybus routes 33 and 72 , and bus route 83. The tram route leaves
50-586: The Hardbrücke . The bridge, which remains an important innercity route up to this day, underwent a major refurbishment between 2009 and 2011. Between 2015 and 2017, tramway tracks were installed on the section crossing the railway tracks, allowing the extension of Zürich tram route 8 from Hardplatz to Hardturm on the other side of the tracks. A further, northward extension of the tramway tracks over Hardbrücke and up to Bucheggplatz and Milchbuck , which would have served two new tram routes ( Rosengartentram ),
60-540: The Canton of Zürich in Zürich -Wipkingen, being a unique centre in Switzerland for the so-called migration churches. Zurich Wipkingen railway station is a stop of Zürich S-Bahn line S24 . The station is a 3-minute ride from Zürich Hauptbahnhof . 47°23′33.61″N 8°31′24.34″E / 47.3926694°N 8.5234278°E / 47.3926694; 8.5234278 This Canton of Zürich location article
70-445: The area where the bridge is located. Hard is part of the name of several nearby places, such as Hardplatz , Hardturm , Hardau , Herdernstrasse (plural of Hard ), or the Hard quarter. The first Hardbrücke , a truss bridge linking Hardplatz with Pfingstweidstrasse , was built in 1897. Construction of the current girder bridge commenced in 1969 and it was opened in 1972. It
80-444: The bridge just north of the stop, while all trolleybus and bus routes continue northward on the bridge. Additional bus stops on the Hardbrücke exist at Schiffbau and Escher-Wyss-Platz . The bridge is also a main bike route on the section crossing the railway tracks. Pedestrians and cyclists share the sidewalks on either side of the bridge, which are protected by a concrete wall from car traffic. Wipkingen Wipkingen
90-512: Was built as a preliminary traffic solution as discussions for an expressway through Zürich's city center went on. The Y-shaped core section of this expressway ( Zürcher Expressstrassen-Y [ de ] ) was never built. Until the opening of the Uetliberg Tunnel and the highway bypassing Zürich to the West ( Westumfahrung ) in 2009, all north-/south-bound through traffic took the route over
100-530: Was rejected by a referendum in 2020. Since 1982, there is a railway station below the Hardbrücke , which is named Zürich Hardbrücke after the bridge. The station is located on the Zürich–Baden and Zürich–Winterthur ( Käferberg Tunnel variant) lines. It is served by regional trains ( S-Bahn ) of Zürich S-Bahn . The station is one of the busiest in the Zürich S-Bahn network. In terms of passenger numbers, it
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