Langebro

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Coordinates: 55 ° 40 ′ 13 ″  N , 12 ° 34 ′ 44 ″  E

Langebro
Langebro
Langebro in May 2011
use six-lane road, bike path, footpath
Crossing of Inderhavnen , Copenhagen harbor
place Copenhagen
construction Bascule bridge / seesaw bridge
overall length 252 m
width 32 m
Clear width 35 m
Headroom 7 m, bascule bridge
vehicles per day 62,200 (as of 1998)
start of building 1949
completion 1954
opening June 27, 1954
planner Københavns Kommune and Københavns Havn (builders), Kaj Gottlob (architect)
location
Langebro (Hovedstaden)
Langebro

The Langebro ( German  Long Bridge ) is a six-lane road bridge in the center of Copenhagen , which leads over the Inderhavnen (inner harbor) and connects Zealand with Amager . In addition to the Knippelsbro , it represents a main traffic connection between the two Danish islands with over 62,000 vehicles per day (as of 1998) . The 252 meter long and 32 meter wide bridge consists of two folding segments that can be opened for shipping if necessary. However, it is seldom opened - and if so only in the evening - to be considerate of rush hour traffic. In addition, the port activities in the southern harbor (Sydhavn) have shifted to other areas.

history

precursor

The first forerunner was the Kallebobro , a three-meter-wide wooden bridge that was built between 1686 and 1690 at the instigation of the Danish King Christian V. The bridge, which was built for strategic military reasons and connected two bastions on both sides of the port, was given the name Langebro (Long Bridge) over time because it was longer than Knippelsbro , which was further north .

In 1851 a new, wider wooden bridge was built, which was modernized in 1875 with two iron folding segments and again replaced by a new iron bridge in 1903. The 120 meter long, 13 meter wide swing bridge was named Christian the Elder. IX's bro , however, was also popularly called Langebro . Increasing traffic in the 1920s led to the construction of a successor, a combined road and rail bridge, which was completed in 1930 after a year of construction. During the German occupation , the sabotage group BOPA (Borgerlige Partisaner) carried out an explosive attack here at the end of March 1945 to prevent 16 Danish merchant ships from exporting to the German Reich . In the attack, in which several Germans and several Danish machinists were killed, the engine house was destroyed, so that the bridge could only be put into operation again after the end of the war on October 1, 1945.

Today's bridge

Today's Langebro was ceremoniously opened after five years of construction on June 27, 1954 when the flaps closed and 50,000 passers-by crossed the bridge. The work was carried out by the Danish construction company Christiani & Nielsen , a company that failed to build the Munkholmbroen in 1937 . The Københavns Municipality contributed two thirds to the construction costs and the port administration (Københavns Havn) one third .

  • Illustration of the Langebro in 1748 with the Royal Brewery ( Kongens Bryghus ) in the background

  • Bridge piers under the Langebro (July 2011)

  • Langebro when open (July 2005)

  • Langebro in the evening light (November 2010)

  • View from the Langebro in northwest direction to the headquarters of Danisco (August 2006)

  • View from Langebro in south direction to the district of Islands Brygge (August 2007)

See also

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Langebro. In: Structurae
  2. ^ A b Henrik Lange: Facta om Langebro . In Highways.dk , accessed December 16, 2011 (Danish)
  3. ↑ a b c d e Lars Bugge: Kort og godt om danske broer . 2nd Edition. Aschehoug Dansk Forlag A / S, Copenhagen 2000, ISBN 87-11-16234-1 , Langebro, p. 36 (Danish).
  4. ↑ The Store Danske : Kaj Gottlob , accessed on December 16, 2011 (Danish)
  5. ↑ Henrik Lange: Portræt af Langebro ( Memento of the original from December 16, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In Highways.dk , accessed December 16, 2011 (Danish) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.highways.dk
  6. ↑ a b c d Erik Johannesen: Danmarks broer . 1st edition. Borgens Forlag, Copenhagen-Valby 1994, ISBN 87-418-0153-9 , Langebro, p. 98 ff . (Danish).
  7. ↑ Erik Johannesen: Danmarks Broer . Munkholmbroen, S. 65 ff .