Sunniberg Bridge
This impressive and elegantly curved multi-span cable stayed bridge forms part of a new road bypassing the city of Klosters/GR, Switzerland. The total length of the bridge is 528m with a main span of 140m. It crosses the valley at a height of 60m (read more about this interesting bridge and the construction method (in German language) here).
The bridge was designed by Prof. Dr. sc. techn. Dr. Eng. hc. Christian Menn, a world-renowned bridge designer and professor of structural engineering at the federal institute of technology (ETH) in Zurich from 1971 - 1992. Prof. Menn is one of the worlds leading bridge designers and has substantially contributed to the development of modern concrete bridge design and construction.
Read more about Prof. Menn's bridges and publications under www.christian-menn.ch.
Updates and News
A copy of a Press Release on last conference in Tokyo published by the Asia Insurance Review Dec 2007 see under Annual Conferences - Press Releases.Latest IMIA Statistics for 2006, issued at last years Conference at Tokyo see under Library
All new Working Group Papers 50 to 54 (2007) are under Library
Working Group topics 2008 see under Annual Conferences
New Short Papers see under Library-Publications
1st August 2008