Fleuthe Bridge

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Fleuthe Bridge
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The Fleuthebrücke is part of the historic Gahlenschen Strasse in the Ruhr area .

The coal route from Hattingen via Bochum to the village of Gahlen was laid out in 1766 as one of the first paved roads in the central Ruhr area. It served to transport the coal extracted from the Ruhr to the north. The seven-meter-long and six-meter-wide arch bridge made of sandstone was built over the Fleuthe , a tributary of the Emscher on the right side, as part of the coal route.

The brook that created the border between Gelsenkirchen and Herne has dried up due to the relocation of the Emscher to the north (construction of the Rhine-Herne Canal from 1910), so that the bridge has now lost its technical meaning. It is still preserved, was restored from 1992 to 1994 and listed as a monument in both cities. For tourism, it is accessible through a hikers' car park and a bus stop named after it (line 342 from Wanne-Eickel Hbf. Or GE, Forsthaus) on the B 226. It is also part of the project Art Street Becomes Street of Art , with which Gahlensche Strasse was used in the 2010 Capital of Culture year .

The coal route and the bridge are part of the route of industrial culture .

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Coordinates: 51 ° 32 '53.1 "  N , 7 ° 7' 19.9"  E