Holbeinsteg

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Coordinates: 50 ° 6 ′ 14 ″  N , 8 ° 40 ′ 19 ″  E

Holbeinsteg
Holbeinsteg
The Holbeinsteg (2011)
use footbridge
Crossing of Main
place
Sachsenhausen station district
(Main km 34.39)
construction Suspension bridge
overall length 210 m
width 5.5 m
Headroom 8 m
construction time 1990
location
Holbeinsteg (districts of Frankfurt am Main)
Holbeinsteg

The Holbeinsteg is a bridge built in 1990 over the Main in Frankfurt for pedestrians and cyclists. It connects Holbeinstrasse in Sachsenhausen with Windmühlstrasse in the Bahnhofsviertel .

Technology and architecture

The Holbeinsteg is constructed as a suspension bridge . It was developed by city planner and architect Albert Speer (Jr.) as part of the design of the museum bank . With a total length of 210 meters, the bridge has a span of 142 meters over the Main. In the main opening, the carriageway slab, a steel box girder, is suspended from two suspension ropes with sloping ropes. The suspension ropes are attached to two A-shaped, 32.7 meter high pylons and anchored in the abutments by pairs of retaining ropes . The structural engineers were the König und Heunisch engineering office .

Importance in the transport network

After the Eiserner Steg (1868) and the Arthur-von-Weinberg-Steg (1983), the Holbeinsteg is the third car-free Main Bridge in Frankfurt.

The entrance to the Städel and the Liebieghaus are located near the southern bridgehead . In addition to the 15 cultural institutions on the banks of the museum, the Holbeinsteg also connects the Mainuferpark, popular as a leisure area, below the Schaumainkai with the Nice on the Untermainkai . It is signposted as part of cycle route 5 (Museumsufer – Bockenheim) and is therefore a central element of the Frankfurt cycle network. There are no blue regulations ; as a public path, it should be used equally on foot and by bike.

Picture gallery

Holbein bridge axial

  • Longitudinal view from street level

  • Longitudinal view from the bank

Web links

Commons : Holbeinsteg  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Holbeinsteg (Frankfurt am Main, 1990) - Structurae. In: structurae.de. Retrieved October 28, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Cycle route 5: Museumsufer-Bockenheim. Cycle Office of the City of Frankfurt am Main, accessed on October 12, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Telephone information from the Frankfurt City Cycling Office: "Public path for equal use by cyclists and pedestrians"