Konrad-Adenauer-Bridge (Ludwigshafen am Rhein – Mannheim)

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Coordinates: 49 ° 28 ′ 52 ″  N , 8 ° 27 ′ 23 ″  E

B37 Konrad Adenauer Bridge
Konrad Adenauer Bridge
Konrad Adenauer Bridge
use Federal road, tram, railroad
Convicted Bundesstrasse 37
Crossing of Rhine
place Mannheim , Ludwigshafen on the Rhine
construction Deck bridge
steel truss
bridge arch bridge
overall length 273.9 meters
location
Konrad-Adenauer-Bridge (Ludwigshafen am Rhein – Mannheim) (Baden-Württemberg)
Konrad-Adenauer-Bridge (Ludwigshafen am Rhein – Mannheim)

The Konrad-Adenauer-Brücke connects the cities of Mannheim and Ludwigshafen across the Rhine at Rhine kilometers 424,460. It is the older of the two bridge connections between the two urban areas. The Kurt Schumacher Bridge is located about 1200 m further north . The federal states of Baden-Württemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate border one another in the middle of the Rhine .

description

Today's bridges are roughly at the site of the oldest bridge connections between Mannheim and the Rhine. There are three different buildings lying next to each other. The northern bridge is a road bridge and has a tram track with two tracks in the middle. To the right and left of this are the lanes with two lanes in each direction of travel. Outside there are bike and footpaths. The middle bridge serves as a steel truss bridge for rail traffic. Since 1999, an arch bridge for S-Bahn traffic has been completing the entire structure on the south side.

Road driveways on the Mannheim side lead from the western inner city ring (Parkring) and from Bismarckstraße ( B 37 ) in the south of the city center as well as from the B 36, which runs as a southern bypass in the Lindenhof district . Departures lead to the Parkring or on the back of the Mannheim Palace in the direction of the city center and the southern bypass.

From Ludwigshafen am Rhein, the B 37 coming from the A 650 on the “Hochstraße Süd” runs to the Konrad-Adenauer-Brücke, where an access ramp from the city center opens directly in front of it. In the direction of Ludwigshafen, an exit leads to the city center and towards BASF . The B 37 continues straight ahead on "Hochstraße Süd" to the A 650.

Currently only the access ramp and the exit towards the city center / BASF are available on the Ludwigshafen side. The elevated road has been closed since summer 2019 due to irreparable static defects and is to be demolished in spring 2020. The plan is to replace the elevated road within approx. 5 years.

The Ludwigshafen (Rhein) Mitte train station is directly connected to the Konrad-Adenauer-Brücke. On the Mannheim side, the tracks lead to the platforms of the main train station, about 700 meters away .

history

Flying Bridge 1669
Ship bridge 1846

There were several previous bridges before the Konrad-Adenauer-Brücke was built.

Flying Rhine Bridge

In 1669, the then Elector Carl Ludwig had a so-called flying bridge built, which consisted of a platform that was attached to two Rhine barges, which in turn were anchored upstream. It was a yaw ferry and could hold up to 13 heavily loaded wagons with three horses each.

Ship bridge

In 1705 the "flying Rhine bridge" was replaced by a ship bridge, which, however, had to be constantly renewed due to the flooding. Until the completion of the first bridge structure in 1867, however, it was the only stationary Rhine crossing, about 300 meters downstream from the later bridge.

Rhine bridge

Rhine bridge around 1893 with the portal on the Mannheim side
Temporary bridges 1953
The railway bridges: on the left the old one, on the right the newly built one
View from Stephanienufer , Mannheim-Lindenhof, at night

After the railway became more and more important in the age of industrialization , it became necessary in 1863 to build a new bridge on the site of the old ship bridge. Previously, rail vehicles could only be loaded onto flat barges with a rail ferry across the Rhine. The planning lasted from 1863 to 1864. The first chairman of the planning commission was Paul Camille von Denis . A combined road and rail bridge was planned, which was built from 1865 to 1867. On August 1, 1867, the railway line over it went into operation. Impressive portal structures were built at both ends, which should have a representative character. They were designed according to the design by the Karlsruhe architect Josef Durm . The group of statues with Minerva to protect trade and industry on the Baden side came from Karl Friedrich Moest , the figures from Germania and Palatina on the Bavarian portal from Josef Durm.

A double bridge, a road bridge (north, downstream) and a double-track railway bridge (south, upstream) were built. It was a 10 meter high steel framework. With clear widths of 87.33 meters each, the total length was around 270 meters, the width of the railway bridge 7.5 meters and that of the road bridge 6.5 meters. There was a 1.8 meter wide sidewalk on each side. As early as 1906 it was discovered that the bridge had become too small in terms of its dimensions. However, it took until 1928 to start planning an expansion. A new railway bridge was built in 1931-1932 right next to the existing bridge. The old railway bridge was converted for road traffic. The new construction also consisted of a steel framework, but without portal structures. In 1936 the bridge was named after Leo Schlageter by the National Socialists . The Rhine Bridge was blown up by the German Wehrmacht on March 20, 1945 during World War II . After the war, temporary bridges re-established the connection across the Rhine: from July 1946 for the railroad, from December 1948 for road traffic.

In 1954/55, the Deutsche Bundesbahn had the single-track temporary bridge replaced by a new double-track bridge. Since a 65-meter-long part of the bridge from 1932 still existed and was in use, the same diamond frame construction was created as before. To expand the S-Bahn network, a further railway bridge was built right next to it from 1997 to 1999. It is a continuous, three-span arch bridge .

Konrad Adenauer Bridge

The three-lane makeshift road bridge was replaced by a steel box girder bridge between 1956 and 1959 . Only in the course of this new building were the still-preserved portal structures of the original bridge demolished. The new building was inaugurated on October 24, 1959 under the name "Rheinbrücke". The road bridge was named Konrad-Adenauer-Brücke in 1967.

Technical specifications

  • Road bridge - actual Konrad Adenauer bridge
    • Type: deck bridge
    • Length: 273.9 meters
    • Span: 3 × 91.3 meters
    • Width: 30.2 meters
  • Railway bridge
    • Old part
      • Type: steel truss bridge
      • Length: 273.9 meters
      • Span: 3 × 91.3 meters
      • Height: 10 meters
    • New part
      • Type: arch bridge
      • Length: 273.9 meters
      • Span: 3 × 91.3 meters
      • Height: 20 meters

literature

  • Wolfgang Kunz: Palatinate railway bridges over the Rhine . In: Yearbook for Railway History n48 (2017/2018), pp. 13–24 (17–24).
  • Mannheim and its buildings 1907–2007 ; 5 volumes. Mannheim 2000-2007

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Mannheim and its buildings - Mannheim, 1906, pp. 70 ff., Available in Heidelberg historical holdings , Heidelberg University Library
  2. ^ Albert Mühl: The Pfalzbahn . 1st edition. Konrad Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart 1982, ISBN 3-8062-0301-6 . P. 12
  3. ↑ http://www.s197410804.online.de/Zeiten/1850.htm
  4. ^ Hans Huth: Die Kunstdenkmäler des Stadtkreis Mannheim 1. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1982. ISBN 3-42200556-0 , p. 837.
  5. ↑ Streiflichter from Alt-Mannheim by Volker Keller, Sutton Verlag, Erfurt, 2000, ISBN 978-3-89702-265-2 , p. 106. ( limited preview in the Google book search).
  6. ↑ City Archives of the City of Ludwigshafen am Rhein (ed.): History of the City of Ludwigshafen am Rhein: Vol. 2. From the end of the First World War to the present . Ludwigshafen am Rhein 2003, ISBN 3-924667-35-7 , p. 253.
  7. ↑ MARCHIVUM : Chronicle star . March 20, 1945, accessed October 2, 2018 .
  8. ↑ MARCHIVUM: Chronicle star . July 30, 1946. Retrieved October 2, 2018 .
  9. ↑ MARCHIVUM: Chronicle star . December 18, 1948, accessed October 2, 2018 .
  10. ^ Hans-Wolfgang Scharf: Railway Rhine bridges in Germany . EK-Verlag, Freiburg 2003. ISBN 3-88255-689-7 , p. 120.
  11. ^ Hans Huth: Die Kunstdenkmäler des Stadtkreis Mannheim 1. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1982. ISBN 3-42200556-0 , p. 837.
  12. ↑ MARCHIVUM: Chronicle star . October 24, 1959, accessed October 2, 2018 .
  13. ↑ City Archives of the City of Ludwigshafen am Rhein (ed.): History of the City of Ludwigshafen am Rhein: Vol. 2. From the end of the First World War to the present . Ludwigshafen am Rhein 2003, ISBN 3-924667-35-7 , p. 887
  14. ↑ MARCHIVUM: Chronicle star . January 4, 1968. Retrieved October 2, 2018 .

Web links

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The next bridge upstream:
Rheinbrücke Speyer (A 61) 		Bridges over the Rhine The next bridge downstream:
Kurt Schumacher Bridge (Mannheim)