Skeppsholmsbron

Gilded crown on Skeppsholmsbron with Strandvägen in the background.

Skeppsholmsbron (Swedish: "The Skeppsholm Bridge") is in central Stockholm, Sweden, connecting Blasieholmen to Skeppsholmen.

The bridge, 165 metres long and 9.5 metres wide, consists of a 5.5 metre wide roadway flanked by 2 metre pathways, and is divided into 5 compartments.^[1] It was the first forging iron bridge to be constructed in Sweden, manufactured by Motala Verkstad in 1861.^[2]

The first bridge to connect Skeppsholmen to the rest of the city was a wooden bridge on poles, simply called Holmbron ("The Islet Bridge") and provided with a drawbridge, constructed by the admiralty in 1638-1640 when the camp of the Swedish Navy was relocated from Blasieholmen to Skeppsholmen. In 1822 the bridge was damaged in a fire, and subsequently replaced by a temporary pontoon bridge. Funded directly and still owned by the state, the present steel bridge was finally inaugurated in 1861.^[1]

In 1935 the bridge together with other building and structures on Skeppsholmen and Kastellholmen were classified as historical landmarks, thus prohibiting replacing the bridge or altering its exterior, a decision nevertheless reassessed in the 1990s.^[3]

See also

• List of bridges in Stockholm
• Kastellholmsbron
• Strömbron

References

1. Dufwa, Arne (1985). "Broar och viadukter: Skeppsholmbron". Stockholms tekniska historia: Trafik, broar, tunnelbanor, gator. Uppsala: Stockholms gatukontor and Kommittén för Stockholmsforskning. pp. 191–192. ISBN 91-38-08725-1.
2. "Skeppsholmen". Stockholms gatunamn (2nd ed.). Stockholm: Kommittén för Stockholmsforskning. 1992. p. 199. ISBN 91-7031-042-4.
3. Swedish language Wikipedia : Skeppsholmsbron, January 8, 2007

External links

• Marinarkeologisk Tidskrift, Under Skeppsholmsbron. 1-98
• Stockholmskällan - historical images of Skeppsholmsbron.

Coordinates: 59°19′38″N 18°04′45″E / 59.32722°N 18.07917°E