Malmskillnadsbron
Malmskillnadsbron is an arch bridge in central Stockholm that carries the street Malmskillnadsgatan over Kungsgatan, flanked on its east side by two Art Deco towers known as Kungstornen.
The bridge was built in connection with the excavation of Brunkebergsåsen to make way for Kungsgatan, and was inaugurated in 1911 — a year that marked a major transformation of the city's urban landscape. It is a reinforced concrete three-hinged arch bridge dressed in granite slabs, with a vault entirely filled and supported on both sides by concrete walls perpendicular to Kungsgatan, spanning 24 metres.
The bridge's vault is decorated and illuminated at night, making it a striking presence in the city centre after dark. Sitting at the heart of Stockholm's commercial district, it forms an elegant elevated crossing that gives pedestrians a distinctive vantage point over one of the city's busiest thoroughfares. Together with the neighbouring Kungstornen towers — built in the 1920s — Malmskillnadsbron contributes to one of Stockholm's most recognisable early 20th-century streetscapes, blending civic engineering with architectural ambition.
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