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17: 91:. Remains of the bridge can still be observed at the stream bed. Following the destruction of Ny-Falkenberg, a new bridge was built, located close to the current clinic. Boulders from its holdings are still visible. The last predecessor was built in 1725. On that bridge toll was taken from 1739 and onwards. The bridges were previously maintained by the people in 146:
A meeting with those involved took place in 1753. The original plans were to build the bridge at the same position as the previous one. August Rex considered that place unsuitable and suggested the place at which it later was built. The new location had a better bedrock, although the river was wider.
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The matter went through the authorities. The city council decided three times that the bridge should be broadened. The final decision was to build a temporary footbridge next to the bridge in 1955. Since vehicles had shared the bridge with the pedestrians, the actual width available to the vehicles
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A toll house was built next to the bridge. It was rented out six years at a time. The owner paid a fee to the state and maintained the bridge, while getting the money from the toll. The house included a pub. It stayed within one family from the mid 19th century and onwards. It was later used for a
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The bridge was repaired in 1783 and 1787, as well as, to a minor degree, in 1876. Falkenberg Town was allowed to take over the ownership of the bridge in 1912, on condition that they repaired it. It took until 1920 before they formally gained ownership. The town scrapped the toll, first for the
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became a popular beach. Hence, the city council decided in June 1939 to widen the bridge, from 7.2 meters (24 ft) to 13.5 meters (44 ft). The decision was the start of the
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as an alternative to widen the bridge. The matter was discussed locally and at the national level as well. Among those who wanted to leave the bridge unchanged were
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since 1984. It underwent major repair and restoration works in 1927 and 1994. The bridge is still in use and is used by an average of 3,800 vehicles a day. It was a
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increased. The decision followed a ruling by the government in December 1954 to outlaw any major changes to the bridge due to its cultural value.
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and got a new route just outside the town, as a new bridge was built over the Ätran river. Later, another bridge has been built over Ätran,
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One of the most important transport routes in Sweden, National Road 2, used the bridge until 1962. That year the road was renamed
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townspeople and later for all travelers. Thorough repair works took place between May and September 1927 by
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is located close to the bridge, at the southern strand. The bridge has given its name to the nearby
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was responsible for the infrastructure in the county and found a need for a stone bridge over the
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The traffic over the bridge grew, as the town grew south of the river, and
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Tullbron i Falkenberg - Dess byggnad och historia frÄn 1753 till vÄr tid
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during the construction work, which was published as part of the book
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They wrote a contract in 1755 and construction started in July 1756.
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Skantze, Anna, Rex, Fredrich August och Lundahl, Ernst (1971).
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at Axtorna, upstreams, where the Swedish Army waited, and the
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The total cost for the construction of the bridge was 34,258
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wide range of purposes, such as hosting the press of
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Swedish
arch bridge
Falkenberg
Sweden
Ätran
listed building
toll bridge
Falkenberg
Ny-Falkenberg
Årstad
FaurÄs Hundred
ford
Battle of Axtorna
Hans Hummelheim
Ätran
Carl HĂ„rleman
Carl Cronstedt
Fridrich August Rex
Älvsborg
VÀstgöta-Dal regiment
Swedish riksdaler
Slöinge
Fagered
personal journal
Falkenbergs Tidning
SkÄnska Cement
Swedish kronor
Skrea strand
Garvareforeforsen

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