Lilla Sjötullsbron

Lilla Sjötullsbron (Swedish: "Small Sea Customs Bridge") is a concrete pedestrian bridge in central Stockholm, Sweden. Passing over Djurgårdsbrunnskanalen it connects Djurgården island to the mainland north of it.

Lilla Sjötullsbron.
Lilla Sjötullsbron in 2005.

Completed in 1965, the bridge was named after the building of the canal guard, called Lilla sjötullen ("Small sea Customs"), built in the 1820s.[1] The bridge is about 3.7 metres wide, 32 metres long of which some 20 metres passes over the canal. It offers a horizontal clearance of 3.1 metres.[2]

References
  1. "Innerstaden : Djurgården". Stockholms gatunamn (2nd ed.). Stockholm: Kommittén för Stockholmsforskning. 1992. p. 41. ISBN 91-7031-042-4.
  2. "Broar och slussar". Saltsjön - Mälarens Båtförbund. Archived from the original on 2007-07-08. Retrieved 2007-01-25.

See also

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