Limmatquai
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Limmatquai () is a street in the Swiss city of Zurich. It is named after the Limmat, and it follows the right-hand (eastern) bank of that river for about through the Altstadt, or historical core, of the city. The street was once important for both road and public transportation, but today sections of it form a pedestrian zone shared with Zurich's trams, effectively forming a northern extension of the Seeuferanlage promenades that ring the shores of Lake Zurich.
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Limmatquai () is a street in the Swiss city of Zurich. It is named after the Limmat, and it follows the right-hand (eastern) bank of that river for about through the Altstadt, or historical core, of the city. The street was once important for both road and public transportation, but today sections of it form a pedestrian zone shared with Zurich's trams, effectively forming a northern extension of the Seeuferanlage promenades that ring the shores of Lake Zurich.
The Limmatquai has its southern end adjacent to the Quaibrücke () and Bellevue square, where the Limmat flows out of Lake Zurich. Its northern end is at the Bahnhofbrücke () and Central plaza. Between the and the , the river is crossed by four other bridges all of which connect to the Limmatquai; from south to north these are the Münsterbrücke, Rathausbrücke, Rudolf-Brun-Brücke (named after Rudolf Brun) and Mühlesteg (a pedestrian bridge).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Limmatquai” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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