and criticism 1947, the bridge was featured with other of Maillart's works in a four-month exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art, New York Salginatobel Bridge was designated a Swiss heritage site of national significance. 1991, it was designated an International Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Civil Engineers The bridge has received widespread attention since its innovative design and construction, including considerable praise from other bridge engineers, architects and architectural historians. Writing in 2000, Heinrich Figi said: David P. Billington has been particularly enthusiastic about the bridge: The German bridge engineer Fritz Leonhardt has suggested that: Maillart was not entirely satisfied with the bridge, writing after its completion that its soffit should have been a pointed rather than a pure curved arch, if it were properly to match his structural analysis: Image gallery References ASCE page on the bridge Billington, David P. Maillart and the Salginatobel Bridge. Structural Engineering International, 1/1991. Billington, David P. The Tower and the Bridge. Princeton University Press, Princeton, USA, 1983. Billington, David P. Robert Maillart and the Art of Reinforced Concrete. The MIT Press. Cambridge, USA, 1990. . Billington, David P. The Art of Structural Design: A Swiss Legacy. Princeton University Art Museum. Princeton, USA, 2003. . Figi, Heinrich. Rehabilitation of the Salginatobel Bridge. Structural Engineering International, 1/2000. Leonhardt, Fritz. Bridges: Aesthetics and Design. The MIT Press, Cambridge, USA, 1984. Maillart, Robert. Construction and Aesthetic of Bridges. The Concrete Way, May–June 1935. Notes External links (includes construction photo) ASCE: Salginatobel Bridge Great Buildings Online Sightseeing Graubünden, Switzerland, official tourism board suggestions and location Deck arch bridges Bridges completed in 1930 Road bridges in Switzerland Monuments and memorials in Switzerland Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks Concrete bridges Schiers 20th-century architecture in Switzerland