Kabelsteg (Munich)

Coordinates: 48 ° 8 ′ 4 "  N , 11 ° 35 ′ 21"  E

Cable bridge
use	Footpath
Crossing of	Isar
place	Munich
construction	Arch bridge
overall length	about 80 m
opening	1898
location

The Kabelsteg is a pedestrian bridge in Munich . The footbridge connects the east bank of the Isar with the Praterinsel and crosses the Isar branch known as the Kleine Isar. The direct continuation over the Great Isar is the Mariannenbrücke , which leads from the island to the west bank.

Structure and name

The design for the Art Nouveau building made of reinforced concrete with two wide, flat arches comes from the city building officials Adolf Schwieling and Aquilin Altmann. The bridge was built by Wayss & Freytag in 1898 on the basis of licenses for reinforced concrete construction acquired from Joseph Monier . It was originally clad with shell limestone, but the cladding was removed during renovation. It is a total of 76.50 m long, its two fixed arches have a span of 37 m each. The opening above the central pillar serves to reduce the weight of the bridge and the area of ​​resistance against a very large flood. The shape of this opening also underlines the curved lines of the entire bridge. The bridge withstood the floods of September 14, 1899 , to which the Luitpold Bridge and the Max-Joseph Bridge fell victim. The name of the bridge comes from its earlier use as a transition for water and electricity supplies from the Muffatwerk over the Isar. The cables lay in three channels in the bridge plate. The cable bridge is a listed building.

Web links

Commons : Kabelsteg (Munich)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

literature

• Christine Rädlinger : History of the Munich bridges . Ed .: Construction Department of the City of Munich. Franz Schiermeier Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-9811425-2-5 (building bridges from the foundation of the city to today).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cable bridge . Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation , accessed on September 17, 2016