Blücherbrücke (Wuppertal)
Coordinates: 51 ° 15 ′ 11 " N , 7 ° 8 ′ 43" E
| Blucher Bridge | ||
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| use | Road traffic | |
| Convicted | Shamrock | |
| Subjugated |
Düsseldorf – Elberfeld railway line |
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| place | Wuppertal - Elberfeld ( North Rhine-Westphalia ) | |
| overall length | ~ 41 m | |
| completion | 2007 (current construction) | |
| opening | November 30, 2007 | |
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| Above sea level | 171 m above sea level NHN | |
The Blücherbrücke is a road bridge in Wuppertal over the route of the Düsseldorf – Elberfeld railway line . As a connection between Bahnhofstrasse and Kleeblatt Street , it is an important transport link from the center of the Elberfeld district to Südstadt , the Bergische University and the southern districts of Cronenberg and Ronsdorf .
The Blücherbrücke was named on October 30, 1877 after the Prussian Field Marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher (1742-1819), who visited the then independent town of Elberfeld in 1814. When the Blücher army got into financial difficulties in the fight against Napoléon in 1815 while advancing through Belgium, 42 Elberfeld and Barmer company owners agreed to issue a loan, the so-called Elberfeld Blücher loan. On April 8, 1968, the city council decided to include the bridge in Kleeblatt street .
The bridge is part of the southern road ring , which was finally redesigned in 2007. From the urban planners' point of view, the new traffic planning was necessary in order to cope with the growing traffic flows. The new street layout plans to use the Südstrasse ring no longer as a one-way street , but in both directions. These construction measures should be completed before the renovation of the larger project, the redesign of the Döppersberg . The Blücherbrücke itself had to be rebuilt in the fourth construction phase, in a version widened from three to five lanes.
After three years of construction, it was inaugurated on November 30, 2007 in the presence of Lord Mayor Peter Jung and the State Secretary of North Rhine-Westphalia and opened to traffic again. The construction of the bridge cost 3.4 million euros. The construction work was made particularly difficult by the requirement that rail traffic should continue without hindrances, as well as the overhead line of the railway line. The investments in the entire Südstrasse ring amounted to 8.4 million euros.
The Blücherbrücke
Individual evidence
- ^ Wolfgang Stock: Wuppertal street names . Thales Verlag, Essen-Werden 2002, ISBN 3-88908-481-8
- ↑ Shorter journeys in the Elberfelder Südstadt from November 30, 2007
- ^ Südstraßering: Now it is completely Westdeutsche Zeitung (online) from December 1, 2007
