Rheinfeld Bridge

Rheinfeld Bridge
use	Highway
Convicted	Federal motorway 861
Crossing of	Rhine
place	Rheinfelden (Baden) , ; Rheinfelden AG
construction	Prestressed concrete girder bridge
overall length	211 m
width	24.40 m
Longest span	108 m
vehicles per day	14,000
building-costs	EUR 8.6 million
opening	March 7, 2006
	location

47.548319944444 7.7581501Coordinates: 47 ° 32 '54 " N , 7 ° 45' 29" E ; CH1903: 624 054 / two hundred and sixty-six thousand four hundred forty-nine

The Rheinfelder Brücke is a Rhine and border crossing between the German Rheinfelden (Baden) and the Swiss Rheinfelden . It is part of the German crossbar A 861 , which connects the Swiss Autobahn 3 and the German Federal Autobahn 98 . It was opened to traffic on March 7, 2006. The 211 meter long bridge made of prestressed concrete cost around 8.6 million euros, half of which was provided by Switzerland and Germany. Around 14,000 vehicles pass the bridge every day.

The aim of the new Rhine crossing was to relieve the municipalities of Kaiseraugst and both Rheinfelden from external traffic ( shopping tourism , heavy traffic ) and to create an alternative to the Basel - Weil am Rhein border crossing . As a result of the opening, the Old Rhine Bridge was closed to traffic (with the exception of taxis, public buses and vehicles not suitable for the motorway).

The Swiss motorway feeder to the A 3 is exempt from the vignette requirement from the Rheinfelder Brücke to the Rheinfelden-West junction , so that local traffic can also be handled over the bridge. This makes it possible to pass through Swiss customs without a vignette.

Web links

Directory of bridges on the Upper Rhine
Article on the opening of the bridge from the Südkurier on March 10, 2006 (PDF file; 1.70 MB)
Government agreement on the bridge (PDF file; 323 kB)

The next bridge up the river:
Old Rhine Bridge Rheinfelden

Bridges over the Rhine

The next bridge downstream:
Augst / Wyhlen barrage