List of the Nidda bridges in Frankfurt am Main

42 bridges cross the Nidda in Frankfurt am Main today :

• 13 pedestrian bridges
• 10 road bridges
• 06 weirs with pedestrian walkways
• 04 motorway bridges
• 03 motorway connection ramps (Westkreuz)
• 03 railway bridges
• 02 expressway bridges and
• 01 light rail bridge .

Niddabrücke

The Nidda bridges are listed in the direction of the river. Lines with a yellow background ("For comparison") list important bridge structures that no longer cross the Nidda, but only an oxbow river or that had other important functions.

Name / street / place	route	Districts	km	Construction year	Remarks	image
Northern districts (Niddaauen)
Bundesstrasse 3		Bad Vilbel-Heilsberg - Berkersheim	0.0		City highway
Harheimer Stadtweg	25th	Harheim - Berkersheim	0.8		This road bridge is very narrow and because of their low carrying capacity of the reason is that on the bus - line 25 only minibuses can be used.
Homburg road	27	Bonames - Frankfurter Berg	4.1
(For comparison :) Homburg road	27	Bonames		(1367) (1482) 1894	The original wooden bridge was one of the first across the Nidda and part of an important trade route to northern Germany. It was later renewed in stone and got its current late classicist appearance around 1894 - but only leads over an oxbow river of the Nidda.
Robert Gernhardt Bridge ( Bonames Airfield )		Kalbach-Riedberg - Frankfurter Berg	4.6	2006	Is the on the bridge railing Green Armadillo by Robert Gernhardt .
Federal highway 661		Kalbach-Riedberg - Eschersheim	5.5		Motorway bridge with side bike and sidewalk
Northwestern districts (Volkspark Niddatal)
Eschersheim Weir		Heddernheim - Eschersheim	6.5	1928	Weir system for Nidda regulation (weir footbridge not open to the public)
Eschersheim outdoor pool	Green belt cycle path and hiking trail	Heddernheim - Eschersheim	6.6		Wooden bridge at the mouth of the Urselbach (right Nidda tributary)
Tramway - viaduct	A route (U1 – U3, U 8)	Heddernheim - Eschersheim	6.9	1908	The bridge was built for the Frankfurt-Homburg tram and is still used today by the Frankfurt U-Bahn .
Maybach Bridge	60	Heddernheim - Eschersheim	6.9	1972	The road bridge was built right next to the tram viaduct, connects Eschersheimer Landstrasse with Dillenburger Strasse and thus relieves the old bridge of Heddernheimer Landstrasse .
Heddernheimer Landstrasse	60	Heddernheim - Eschersheim	7.0
Niedwiesen	Green belt hiking trail	Heddernheim - Ginnheim	7.7
Roman bridge		Heddernheim - Ginnheim	8.5		Footbridge to the Römerstadt barbecue area
Rosa-Luxemburg-Strasse	U1 , U 9	Heddernheim - Ginnheim	8.5	1974	City highway with elevated railway -distance
Praunheimer weir	European long-distance hiking trail E1	Praunheim	9.3	1928	Weir system for Nidda regulation with pedestrian walkway
(For comparison :) Bridge at the Praunheimer Mühle		Praunheim		probably 1396 approx. 2000	The original bridge was one of the first across the Nidda and was part of a mill. It was later renewed in wood and then in stone around 2000. This led to the canalization over the Nidda, but since then only over an oxbow of the Nidda.
Praunheimer Bridge	72, 73, N2	Praunheim	9.6	1988	First documented mention in 1556. Extended under Mayor Johann Daniel Launhard in 1827. 1988 new building.
Willi-Petri-Steg		Praunheim	10.4	2014	at the level of the Praunheimer sports fields; The former wooden footbridge was replaced by a massive bridge and named after the Praunheim painter Wilhelm Petri
Rödelheim (Brentano and Solmspark)
Hausener Weir		Rödelheim - Hausen	11.2	1928	Weir system for Nidda regulation with pedestrian walkway
Federal motorway 66		Rödelheim - Hausen	11.2		City highway
Hausener Obergasse	Green belt hiking trail	Rödelheim - Hausen	11.4		Pedestrian bridge as a supplement to the parallel road bridge
Hausener Obergasse		Rödelheim - Hausen	11.4		This road bridge is very narrow and therefore a one-way street , but the streets before and after are not one-way streets.
Hausener outdoor pool		Rödelheim - Hausen	11.6		Pedestrian bridge within the swimming pool (between the western and eastern sunbathing lawn), until 1961 at the Hausen bathing area
Ludwig-Landmann-Strasse	U7 34	Rödelheim - Hausen	11.7	1929 (1973)	Tram bridge and two external road bridges
Brentano Park	Green belt cycle path and hiking trail	Rödelheim	12.5		two pedestrian bridges with the Nidda Island in between
Rödelheimer weir		Rödelheim	12.7		Weir system for Nidda regulation (weir footbridge not open to the public)
On the island	34 , 72	Rödelheim	12.8
(For comparison :) Sternbrücke (Rödelheimer Landstrasse)	34 , 72	Rödelheim - Bockenheim		1807	The Sternbrücke was built over a former flood basin of the Nidda and is now a listed building.
Blue bridge	Green belt hiking trail	Rödelheim	13.3	2009
Homburg Railway	S3 – S5 , Taunusbahn	Rödelheim	13.4
West Cross Frankfurt
Connection ramp A 648 (east) to A 5 (north)		Rödelheim	14.2	1995
Federal motorway 5		Rödelheim, Sossenheim - Griesheim	14.2		Three parallel parts of the bridge, the western one unused
Federal Motorway 648		Sossenheim - Griesheim	14.4		Height above the foot / bike path only 1.75 m. To the northeast of the bridge is an agricultural field in the middle of the cross
Connection ramp A 5 (north) to A 648 (east)		Sossenheim - Griesheim	14.5		very high to bridge the A 648 at the same time
Connection ramp A 648 (west) to A 5 (south)		Sossenheim - Griesheim	14.5
Western districts (Sossenheimer Unterfeld and Wörthspitze)
Sossenheimer weir		Sossenheim - Nied	14.8		Weir system for Nidda regulation with footbridge (up to 6.0 t passable), demolition of the weir in planning
Niedwald		Sossenheim - Nied	15.1		Pedestrian bridge with natural gas pipeline
Sossenheimer Unterfeld		Sossenheim - Nied	16.1
Replacement bridge for the Höchst Weir	Green belt hiking trail	Höchst - Nied	16.7		Pedestrian bridge as a replacement for the footbridge over the demolished Höchst Weir
Highest weir		Höchst - Nied	16.8		Weir system for Nidda regulation with pedestrian walkway, now demolished except for a tower
Taunus Railway → Main article : Nied railway bridge	Regional trains, Königsteiner Bahn	Nied	17.2	1838	The arched sandstone bridge designed by Paul Camille von Denis is the second oldest railway bridge in Germany and is still almost in its original state, making it one of the few of its kind from the early days of the railway industry .
Main-Lahn Railway	S1, S2	Nied	17.3		The bridge of the Taunus Railway is used by regional trains on the Main-Lahn-Bahn today.
Old Nieder Niddabrücke	51, 54, 59	Nied	17.7	1824
New Nieder Niddabrücke ( Mainzer Landstrasse )	11 51, 54, 59	Nied	17.8	(1951) 2008	The previous structure was the first prestressed concrete bridge in Frankfurt. A monitoring device measured the deformation of the bridge and automatically informed the road construction authority by telephone if critical values ​​occurred, hence also called the bell bridge. In 2008 it was replaced by a new building.
Wörthspitze	Green belt cycle path and hiking trail	Höchst - Nied	18.4	1913	Reinforced concrete pedestrian arch bridge - and Bridge of Sighs or Gaasebrickelsche called

Web links

Commons : Niddabrücken in Frankfurt  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Stadtvermessungsamt Frankfurt am Main (ed.): Portal GeoInfo Frankfurt , city ​​map
2. ↑ Sign on the north side of the bridge with a memorial stone from 1827