The Melide causeway in 1966, with Bissone to the left (east) and Melide to the right (west)The Melide causeway as seen from the summit of Sighignola, with Melide village to the right
Today the causeway carries the Gotthard railway, the A2 motorway, and a main road. A bridge within the causeway permits water flow and navigation between the two halves of Lake Lugano. The causeway makes use of a submerged glacial moraine, which stretches across the lake reducing its depth to around 10 metres (33 ft), as opposed to the lake's maximum depth of 288 metres (945 ft).[1][2]
The causeway was designed by Pasquale Lucchini, a self-taught Ticinese civil engineer, who arranged for large quantities of rock to be dumped on top of the moraine to create the causeway. The causeway was built between 1841 and 1847, and opened for road traffic in 1848. The railway was added to the causeway in 1872, and the motorway in 1980.[1][3][4]
melide, causeway, crosses, across, lake, lugano, swiss, canton, ticino, connecting, communities, melide, bissone, provides, only, domestic, land, connection, between, southern, section, ticino, around, mendrisio, chiasso, rest, switzerland, 1966, with, bissone. The Melide causeway crosses across Lake Lugano in the Swiss canton of Ticino connecting the communities of Melide and Bissone and provides the only domestic land connection between the southern section of Ticino around Mendrisio and Chiasso and the rest of Switzerland 1 The Melide causeway in 1966 with Bissone to the left east and Melide to the right west The Melide causeway as seen from the summit of Sighignola with Melide village to the rightToday the causeway carries the Gotthard railway the A2 motorway and a main road A bridge within the causeway permits water flow and navigation between the two halves of Lake Lugano The causeway makes use of a submerged glacial moraine which stretches across the lake reducing its depth to around 10 metres 33 ft as opposed to the lake s maximum depth of 288 metres 945 ft 1 2 The causeway was designed by Pasquale Lucchini a self taught Ticinese civil engineer who arranged for large quantities of rock to be dumped on top of the moraine to create the causeway The causeway was built between 1841 and 1847 and opened for road traffic in 1848 The railway was added to the causeway in 1872 and the motorway in 1980 1 3 4 References edit a b c Lake Lugano Ticino Swiss Pics Swiss Federal Government Retrieved 2012 08 16 Stato di Salute del Ceresio Health Status of Lake Lugano in Italian Societa Navigazione Lago di Lugano Archived from the original on 2008 12 28 Retrieved 2012 08 16 Lucchini Pasquale Historical Dictionary of Switzerland in Italian Retrieved 2012 08 16 The Great St Gothard EngRailHistory Archived from the original on 2013 02 18 Retrieved 2012 08 16 External links edit nbsp Media related to Melide causeway at Wikimedia Commons 45 57 06 N 8 57 16 E 45 951746 N 8 954544 E 45 951746 8 954544 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Melide causeway amp oldid 1189405063, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
