Berlin Bridge (Duisburg)
The Berlin Bridge in Duisburg is one with a length of 1,824 meters, the longest road bridges in Germany.
history
Willy Brandt, the then Governing Mayor of West Berlin, opened the Berliner Brücke on September 6, 1963 after three years of construction as part of the Nord-Süd-Straße , an inner-city expressway , today a section of the Federal Highway 59 .
course
The northern ramp begins in Duisburg- Meiderich . The bridge crosses the area of the Duisburg-Ruhrorter ports , the Rhine-Herne Canal and the Ruhr . It thus connects the northern and southern parts of Duisburg on the right bank of the Rhine. The southern ramp is in Duisburg- Duissern .
The structure is officially managed as several bridges (from north to south):
| bridge | Length in m | Construction type |
|---|---|---|
| City Park Bridge | 328.15 | prestressed concrete |
| Freight station bridge | 314.34 | steel |
| Harbor basin bridge | 274.17 | steel |
| Industrial bridge | 316.32 | prestressed concrete |
| Rhine-Herne Canal Bridge | 219.13 | prestressed concrete |
| Ruhr Bridge | 347.30 | steel |
| Ruhrdeichbrücke | 24.97 | Reinforced concrete |
The part that crosses the Rhine-Herne Canal, the canal bridge, was built as a box girder with prestressed concrete . The span across the canal is 67.65 + 84.80 + 66.68 m, the width for each superstructure is 12.25 m.
The Ruhr section of the bridge is at Ruhr kilometers 4,316 and 4,324. It is a box girder made of the structural steels St52 and St37. The spans over the Ruhr are 89.91 + 150 + 105.55 m. The bridge over the Ruhr is 13.25 m and 13.75 m wide. The clearance heights on the Ruhr are 8.92 m and 9.37 m.
The bridge was renovated as part of the construction work to widen the A 59.
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Coordinates: 51 ° 27 ′ 2 " N , 6 ° 46 ′ 44" E