Honsell Bridge
Coordinates: 50 ° 6 ′ 28 " N , 8 ° 42 ′ 38" E
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| Official name | Honsell Bridge | |
| use | Road and pedestrian bridge | |
| Crossing of | Main | |
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Ostend (Main km 37.10) |
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| construction | Steel arch bridge | |
| overall length | 95.3 m | |
| width | 18.76 m | |
| Longest span | 94 m | |
| construction time | 1908-1912; 2011-2013 | |
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| Above sea level | 98 m above sea level NN | |
The Honsell Bridge is a two-lane road bridge with pedestrian and cycle paths on both sides over the entrance to the Osthafen am Main in Frankfurt . It was built in the course of the port construction from 1908 and was inaugurated in 1912. From the bridge you have an excellent view of the Frankfurt skyline and the building of the former wholesale market hall . The bridge is named after the hydraulic engineer Max Honsell . Between September 2011 and the end of 2013 the bridge was completely renovated and reinforced according to plans by the Frankfurt architect Ferdinand Heide and the engineering office Grontmij (since 2016 Sweco ).
Construction work
The architecturally valuable bridge, designed with Art Nouveau elements, consists of a number of structurally different segments. The main part of the bridge is a two-hinged steel truss - arch bridge with an elegant crescent arch girder, which has a span of 90 m.
To the north of it there was a foreland bridge more than 260 m long, a brick arched viaduct with six segments, modeled after that of the Berlin Stadtbahn . The formerly open basket arches were closed in 1913 in order to accommodate workshop and lounge rooms.
The bridge's railings and lamps are lavishly decorated. Reliefs indicate the work in the harbor and the ramp at Hanauer Landstrasse was guarded by a stone sculpture of a panther.
The Honsell Bridge is a cultural monument according to the Hessian Monument Protection Act and part of the Route of Industrial Culture Rhine-Main .
Traffic function
On the Honsellbrücke, the Honsellstrasse crosses the entrance to the east port and the municipal connecting railway . It was used by the number 31 of the Frankfurt city traffic until the renovation began .
The intention was to continue the traffic axis through another bridge that would cross the Main and lead to Sachsenhausen during the construction period . But this did not happen because of the First World War . The Osthafenbrücke has now been built and installed since 2011, thereby realizing this concept.
Development and construction
Due to a revitalization of the Frankfurt Ostend and the crossing of the Main at this point that began in summer 2011 ( Osthafenbrücke , previous project name Mainbrücke Ost ), the bridge had again been upgraded in terms of traffic. The bridge had to be reinforced because of the insufficient load (20 t). For this purpose, the inventory received in 2006 was documented in advance. The current appearance of the Honsell Bridge has largely been secured by preserving the steel arches, hangers and railings. The deck was completely renewed. Since then, it has been a steel composite deck, suspended with steel cables from the two new bridge arches that were built over the old arches. The old bows and hangers only bear their own weight. The “grafting” of the new arches and hangers onto the existing ones is an attempt to minimize interventions in the shape of the bridge.
The access to the bridge has also been adapted: between Hanauer Landstrasse and Eyssenstrasse, Honsellstrasse has been significantly widened to create space for greenery as well as cycle and walkways. In future, Honsellstrasse will no longer cross Eyssenstrasse, but will cross at the same height, so that a new connection has been created here. Two of the original six arches of the viaduct have been preserved under monument preservation supervision. The natural stone reliefs, which are valuable in terms of monument preservation, and the historical lights were reused in the new building. The two arches that remained in the course of the renovation are to be used for gastronomic and cultural purposes in the future.
The construction work was awarded in July 2011. The total amount awarded for the entire Honsellstrasse including bridges is around € 14 million gross. In addition, there are costs for planning and experts. Construction began in September 2011.
The bridge, together with the Osthafenbrücke, was opened to traffic on December 10, 2013 by the Lord Mayors Peter Feldmann and Horst Schneider , as well as the Head of Transport, Stefan Majer.
literature
- Rolf Höhmann: Further construction and monument value - two technical monuments under renovation . In: Further building at the monument - 77th day for the preservation of monuments and meeting of the Association of State Monument Preservationists in the Federal Republic of Germany , publisher: State Office for Monument Preservation Saxony, Dresden 2009 = workbook 14 State Office for Monument Preservation Saxony, Markkleeberg 2010, pp. 190–194 (192ff .).
Web links
- Photos of the construction work at Honsellstrasse , accessed on June 26, 2017.
- City of Frankfurt, Office for Road Construction and Development; DSK German city and property development company: bridging Ostend . New ways across the Main, Frankfurt 2013, accessed on May 6, 2019 (pdf).
- Robert Mehl: Double bridging: Ensemble Honsell and Osthafenbrücke, Frankfurt / Main , in: DBZ - Deutsche Bauzeitschrift , issue 08, 2015, accessed on May 5, 2019.
Individual evidence
- ^ Honsellbrücke on the city of Frankfurt, accessed on Feb. 22, 2020
- ↑ donges-steeltec.de: Arched bridge in composite construction Honsell Bridge Frankfurt / M. ( Memento of the original from March 31, 2016 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.
- ↑ The basis is the resolution of the city council on the "improvement of the traffic-technical development in the development area of Frankfurt East" (§ 1176 to M 195 of December 14, 2006).
- ↑ http://www.stvv.frankfurt.de/PARLISLINK/DDW?W=DOK_NAME=%27M_52_2010%27 Lecture by the municipal authorities on March 19, 2010
- ↑ Announcement in the EU Official Journal of August 31, 2011
