Rainbow Bridge (Dortmund)
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The rainbow bridge over the A40 connects the Dortmund district of Dorstfeld- Süd and the DASA - Arbeitswelt Exhibition located there with the Technical University of Dortmund . The bridge can be used by pedestrians and cyclists.
On August 8, 1987, the lamps on the bridge were painted for the first time by the artists Thomas Haagen, Mike Etienne and Mario de Bellis in seven colors of the rainbow spectrum. The colored lights could only be seen in the direction of Dortmund (to the east). Since there was no official approval at the time, the work of light art was removed and only Haag's new version from December 6, 1987, was allowed to be preserved thanks to many positive media reports. In 1990 the light bridge was mentioned as the first "rainbow bridge" in the Guinness Book of Records .
In the course of the new construction of the Schnettker Bridge , which leads the A40 over the Emschertal, and the associated extension of the Ruhr Expressway to six lanes, the Rainbow Bridge was demolished on August 23, 2008. It was replaced by a new building costing 1.2 million euros, which was released on December 22, 2008. This time the rainbow effect was realized with LEDs that were integrated into the handrail. The transitions are now smoother and the light can be clearly seen from both directions and on the bridge itself.
Individual evidence
- ^ Homepage of Thomas Haagen
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of July 14, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Ruhr Nachrichten: 1.2 million: Rainbow Bridge is completed. In: ruhrnachrichten.de. RN, accessed May 12, 2019 .
Web links
- Article in the Ruhrnachrichten about the demolition of the old Rainbow Bridge from August 25, 2008
Coordinates: 51 ° 29 ′ 50.1 ″ N , 7 ° 25 ′ 11.3 ″ E