Karl Carstens Bridge

Bridge over the Werdersee (from the west)

The Karl Carstens Bridge is a road bridge crossing the Weser in Bremen . Until 1999 it was officially called Werderbrücke (the word "Werder" denotes a river island), as it spanned the Stadtwerder , then it was renamed Karl-Carstens-Brücke - after the former German President Karl Carstens , who came from Bremen. Colloquially, the crossing in Bremen is mainly known as the strawberry bridge . This is reminiscent of the large strawberry plantations that used to exist in habenhausen .

course

The bridge connects the two Bremen districts habenhausen in Obervieland and Hastedt in Hemelingen for road vehicles and pedestrians. It is Mittelweser km 362.95, about 800 meters downstream of the Weser weir .

Coming from habenhausen from the south, the bridge is the extension of habenhauser Brückenstraße . It first crosses the Werdersee (the extension of the small Weser) over a length of 201 meters and then runs for 242 meters as an elevated road across allotment areas over the Stadtwerder . There is a spiral ramp connecting the bridge and the terrain. The last section is the Weser crossing, which is 175 meters long. The street is then called Hastedter Brückenstraße .

history

Construction of the bridge began on November 17, 1966. After more than three years of construction, it was initially only opened to pedestrians and cyclists on June 15, 1970. Twelve months later, on June 29, 1971, the Bremen building deputation decided to baptize the building with the name Werderbrücke . On September 25, 1971, the bridge was opened to general traffic.

From June 2007 the bridge was extensively renovated. Between February and August 2008, the bridge was closed to car traffic, apart from a shuttle bus . The cost of the renovation work amounted to 4.5 million euros. On August 30, 2008, the bridge was opened to traffic again.

literature

• Herbert Black Forest : The Great Bremen Lexicon . 2nd, updated, revised and expanded edition. Edition Temmen, Bremen 2003, ISBN 3-86108-693-X .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bremen.de to Obervieland district

Coordinates: 53 ° 3 ′ 33 ″  N , 8 ° 51 ′ 9 ″  E