Fountain Works, Footbridge, Pedestrian bridges
Stone Name:
Grey - Granite
Origin:United States
Fountain Works, Footbridge, Pedestrian bridges
slimline yet strong, with long-term performance
easy to erect and maintenance free
still accessible in winter
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In addition to their durability and slenderness, prestressed granite garden bridges have short production and erection times. They are custom designed, prefabricated at the German factory and tested in accordance with the anticipated loads, and therefore can be erected on site in just a few hours.
Prestressing granite is known as a proven method with many advantages for high-quality pedestrian bridges up to about 66’. Kusser Granitwerke and its US subsidiary Kusser Graniteworks USA are the market-leaders in this field. They supply prestressed granite bridges, stairs and other structural elements as turn-key solutions from one source, including all necessary structural calculations, complete production and assembly.
Next to the beauty of its pure design a prestressed granite garden bridge is a very sustainable product that lasts exceedingly long and requires no maintenance. Traditionally, when designing a garden bridge in granite, you either had to resort to an arch or make the granite slab real thick. By prestressing granite, however, a granite garden bridge can become slimline, with its thickness being about a third of a traditional granite slab bridge.
Unlike arched constructions, which you often cannot walk on in the winter, especially when they are iced over, the sandblasted surface of a garden bridge made of a single prestressed granite slab displays the same good surface qualities known from garden paths made of sandblasted granite.