Årstabroarna

Årstabroarna (English: The Årsta bridges) are two parallel railway viaducts in central Stockholm, Sweden.

It has often been compared to a classical Roman aqueduct, and is today declared a historical landmark.

[2][3] Possible ways of adding car lanes atop the bridge were discussed on several occasions during the remainder of the 20th century, the most elaborate plans, in 1960, being to have a motorway, called Tantoleden, connect Ringvägen and Årsta by building a new bridge on the west side of the old.

[4] Twice the width of the old, thus permitting an elevated pathway next to the railway, the pillars of the new bridge are not only much more slender, but also reduced to ten, less than half of the old.

[5] The bridge's construction was preceded by two decades of fiery debate, and it was nicknamed falukorven (a Swedish sausage) by its critics due to its colour's resemblance to falu red, a traditional deep red colour.