Pedestrian bridge Obernburg
Coordinates: 49 ° 50 ′ 28 ″ N , 9 ° 9 ′ 6 ″ E
| Pedestrian bridge Obernburg | ||
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| use | Bicycle and pedestrian bridge | |
| Subjugated | Main , B469 | |
| place | Obernburg am Main ( Lower Franconia ) | |
| Headroom | 7.15 m | |
| completion | 1984 | |
| opening | 1984 | |
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| Above sea level | 125 m above sea level NHN | |
The Obernburg pedestrian bridge (also called pedestrian bridge ) is a bicycle and pedestrian bridge in Obernburg am Main ( Lower Franconia ).
geography
The bridge spans the Main with a shared footpath and cycle path at river kilometer 104.5 and connects the old town of Obernburg at the height of the town hall with the Obernburg-Elsenfeld train station to the east and the Elsenfeld market .
It also crosses the B469 and a cycle path with several cycle routes ( EV4 , D5 , Main cycle path , German Limes cycle path ). The cycle path and the adjacent Mainanlagen Park can be reached via a staircase on the western bridge pillar.
The 3-country cycle path as well as the hiking trails E8 , Franconian red wine hiking trail and HW 10, 12, 29 of the Odenwaldclub run on the bridge .
history
Today's pedestrian bridge is the third structure that stands at this location (and on the same pillars).
prehistory
The Bavarian original cadastre shows a ferry at the place of the bridge in the 1810s . In 1859 a yaw ferry took over the ferry traffic.
The former main gate of the Obernburg city fortifications was located at the site of today's bridgehead . This was in ruins around 1850 and was demolished in 1866. The demolition material would later be used to build the bridge ramp in addition to the extension of the parish church.
First Main Bridge
| First Main Bridge | |
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| use | Road bridge |
| building-costs | 320,000 gold marks |
| start of building | 1889 |
| completion | 1890 |
| opening | December 28, 1890 |
| closure | March 26, 1945 |
| toll | until 1922 |
With the construction of the Aschaffenburg – Miltenberg railway and the opening of the train station on the opposite bank on November 12, 1876, the importance of a Main crossing for the city of Obernburg grew. The city's attempt to manage the Aschaffenburg – Höchst (Odenwald) railway via Obernburg failed. Mayor Peter Kreß therefore pushed ahead with the construction of a bridge over the Main. Its construction began in 1889 and it was opened to traffic on December 28, 1890. The inauguration was rescheduled on May 25, 1891.
The cost of 320,000 gold marks had to be borne entirely by the city. Until 1922, a bridge tariff was levied for financing . For this purpose, there was a bridge toll house at the Obernburg bridgehead. The building, later used as a kiosk, was demolished in 1982.
With the opening of the Obernburg-Elsenfeld-Heimbuchenthal railway on January 10, 1910 and the establishment of a location for the Vereinigte Glanzstoff-Fabriken AG (today Industrie Center Obernburg ) in 1924, the importance of the Main crossing increased again.
In the 1930s, the bridge had to be raised because of the construction of the Wallstadt barrage and the larger inland vessels . Ferry traffic took place temporarily during the construction period.
The bridge was blown up by retreating German troops on March 26, 1945 at around 5 a.m. towards the end of World War II . After the end of the war, the ferry service was resumed in July of the same year as a replacement.
Second Main Bridge
| Second Main Bridge | |
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| use | Road bridge |
| start of building | 1947 |
| completion | 1949 |
| opening | June 30, 1949 |
| closure | 1981 |
The second bridge was built on the pillars of the first bridge from 1947 to 1949 using bolted steel girders ( pioneer bridge). The bridge was opened and inaugurated on June 30, 1949.
After the opening of the third Main Bridge upstream on November 5, 1981, the second Main Bridge was no longer needed for vehicle traffic. It was demolished in 1983 except for the pillars.
Pedestrian walkway
The present pedestrian walkway has been on the pillars of the first bridge since 1984. Since the new bridge is significantly narrower than its predecessor, there are triangular pulpits on both sides above the old pillars , which can be used as vantage points for a view of the city and Main.
Plaque
A metal relief commemorates Mayor Peter Kreß, who owes the construction of the first Main Bridge . It portrays him in profile looking to the left. The relief was first attached to the portal construction of the first Main Bridge, then to the western gable wall of the former bridge toll house. In the meantime it was gone. Today it can be seen in a small green area on the right side of the Obernburg bridgehead.
Web links
- Local and tourist association Obernburg: bridge toll house and ferryman's house. Retrieved on March 4, 2018 (Source: Chronicle "1900 Years Obernburg am Main" by Dr. Leo Hefner).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Electronic Waterway Information Service (ELWIS): Directory of the bridge clearance heights / widths in the GDWS ASt Süd - Main district. (PDF 22 kB) (No longer available online.) March 4, 2017, archived from the original on January 15, 2015 ; accessed on September 16, 2017 . 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.
- ↑ Heimat- und Verkehrsverein (HVV) Obernburg: History of the Main Bridges
- ↑ Ferry Obernburg on a historical map at BayernAtlas Klassik
- ↑ Heimat- und Verkehrsverein (HVV) Obernburg: Brückenzollhaus and Fährhaus . Retrieved September 16, 2017.
- ↑ Heimat- und Verkehrsverein (HVV) Obernburg: Maintor
- ↑ a b c Heimat- und Verkehrsverein (HVV) Obernburg: 700 years of the city of Obernburg (1313-2013) - railway and bridge construction . Retrieved September 16, 2017.
- ↑ Heimat- und Verkehrsverein (HVV) Obernburg: Brückenzollhaus
- ↑ Heimat- und Verkehrsverein (HVV) Obernburg: 700 years of the city of Obernburg (1313-2013) - bypass road and Main bridge . Retrieved September 16, 2017.
