Holzbauer Strüby designs roundabout at new traffic junction
The timber construction company Strüby has provided the two roundabouts at the new connection to the H8 bypass in Seewen with sculptures. The carpenter's knot depicted there refers to the traditional craft, but also to the local coat of arms and the Mythen mountain.
The timber construction company Strüby, based in Seewen, has successfully completed the design of two roundabouts in its home municipality, according to its media release. Construction work for the H8 full connection on Steinerstrasse had begun at the end of November 2022 on behalf of the cantonal civil engineering office. The new traffic junction was recently ceremoniously opened after 18 years of planning.
According to the information provided, the wooden structures installed on the two roundabouts are symbolic reminders of basic carpentry virtues. On one, the so-called Schwyz roundabout, the elements of a carpenter’s knot were set up separately. This perfect wooden connection is also found in the coats of arms of the municipality and the canton. It consists of a total of six friction-locked construction elements in the form of squared timbers of the same size but cut differently. The pavement of the Schwyz roundabout resembles the traditional cobblestones of Schwyz’s main square.
In the second, the so-called Mythen roundabout in the direction of Steinen, the wooden elements are joined together in a cross shape. The sculpture is not only related to the Steinerstrasse and H8 crossroads, but also symbolically to the summit cross on the Gross Mythen. Like its namesake, the surface of the Mythen roundabout is made of local limestone. The signal yellow outline of both roundabouts is intended as a reminder of the many hiking trail signs in the region.