Grunenburg bridge
Coordinates: 51 ° 10 ′ 1 ″ N , 7 ° 7 ′ 59 ″ E
| Bridge Grunenburg Wupperbrücke of the RME |
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| Subjugated | Wupper | |
| place | Wuppertal / Solingen ( North Rhine-Westphalia ) | |
| construction | Arch bridge | |
| overall length | 52 m | |
| width | 4 m | |
| Longest span | 47.5 m | |
| completion | 1891 | |
| opening | October 1892 | |
| planner | Ronsdorf-Müngstener Railway | |
| closure | 1923 | |
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The Grunenburg Bridge (occasionally also Grunenburg Bridge ) was a no longer used bridge of the former Ronsdorf-Müngstener Railway (RME) over the Wupper and connected Wuppertal with Solingen city area at Müngsten . It was demolished in December 2014.
history
The bridge was built by the Ronsdorf-Müngstener Eisenbahn (RME) in 1891 (according to other information in 1897, this source suspects a previous building of a lighter construction) and is now also known as the Wupperbrücke of the RME . From the opening of traffic in October 1892 to 1923, the narrow-gauge railway of the RME ran over it and initially only connected the locality of Grunenburg with Müngsten. In Grunenburg there was a waterworks and the Bergische Elektrizitätswerk , both of which were supplied with coal by rail . From June 3, 1907, a route to Solingen-Krahenhöhe was built near the waterworks, on which the “tram line 9” ran from the Toelleturm from the summer of 1908 until the First World War .
The bridge had a span of 47.5 meters. The steel structure should weigh 120 tons (according to another source 150 tons). The construction was carried out by Wilhelm Tillmanns .
In 1905 the waterworks was shut down, in 1916 passenger traffic to Krahenhöhe ceased and soon afterwards the steam engines of the power station used to generate electricity were shut down, which now only used water power . The construction had been inoperative since 1923 and was damaged by corrosion that was damaging to the substance . It was partly overgrown and not accessible without planks .
During a routine inspection of the technical operations for roads and green areas in the city of Solingen, serious defects in the bridge were found in August 2008. According to the report, she threatened to fall into the Wupper. As a precaution, the canoeists and paddlers were forbidden to drive under by means of signs, so that they have since been forced to bypass the danger zone with their water sports equipment on land.
A demolition was decided in 2008, the cost of which was put at 120,000 euros. On the other hand, there should also have been reports that would have awarded the bridge a listed building. An official entry as a monument was never made.
Failed recovery plans
On November 28, 2008, the local media reported that the Wuppertal movement had acquired the bridge for a symbolic price of one euro. According to the association's opinion at the time, the building could have been saved and reopened as a cycling and hiking trail. Structural engineers , bridge builders and civil engineers inspected the building on behalf of the association and drew a positive balance. With workers from the second labor market , an inexpensive renovation could have been financed, which should have been below the projected demolition costs of 120,000 euros. With the purchase, the citizens' movement should have received a grant of 100,000 euros from the city of Solingen and thus released them from all obligations and liabilities. The bridge was originally intended to connect the hiking trail that had already been laid out on the former route between Grunenburg and Krahenhöhe.
In August 2009, however, the city of Solingen announced that the renovation sale had not taken place. The demolition of the bridge was originally scheduled to begin in spring 2013.
demolition
On December 1, 2014, the preparatory work for the dismantling of the bridge began on site. It was originally supposed to be lowered into the water in a controlled manner by means of a cutting explosion. However, when the bridge was eased, it became so unstable that it was immediately cut off with a cutting torch and lowered into the water in a controlled manner. The individual parts were then sent for recycling.
Individual evidence
- ^ [1] Report in the Solinger Tageblatt of December 5, 2014, accessed on January 21, 2018
- ↑ a b Tramtrack - Solingen> Müngstener Tal / Grunenburg ( Memento of the original from March 21, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Alfred Scheerer: Chronicle of the Remscheid Tram , Born Verlag, Wuppertal 1954, p. 73f
- ↑ Bridge of the Ronsdorf-Müngstener Railway on www.regionale2006.de (offline, accessed December 2008)
- ^ Structurae
- ↑ a b Wuppertal movement wants to save the Grunenburg bridge ( page can no longer be accessed , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Westdeutsche Zeitung (online) from November 28, 2008
- ↑ WDR Nachrichten on www.wdr.de (offline, accessed December 2008)
- ↑ Danger for paddlers: Grunenburg bridge will be demolished ( memento of the original from December 20, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Press releases from the city of Solingen on August 11, 2008
- ↑ The Thalbrücke and its surroundings Access December 2008
- ↑ Canoeists have to get off in front of the bridge RP-Online from August 13, 2008
- ↑ Bridge is being renovated RP-Online from December 1, 2008
- ↑ Resolution proposal ( Memento of the original from September 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , PDF from November 29, 2012
