Holtey floating bridge
Coordinates: 51 ° 25 ′ 46 ″ N , 7 ° 5 ′ 52 ″ E
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| use | footbridge | |
| Convicted | Bike and footpath | |
| Crossing of | Dysentery | |
| place | Eat , Horst | |
| construction | Floating bridge | |
| overall length | 84 m | |
| width | 3 m | |
| Longest span | 42 m | |
| start of building | 2nd construction: March 1982 | |
| completion | 1st construction: 1901 2nd construction: September 1982 |
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| opening | September 21, 1982 | |
| closure | 1st construction: 1958 | |
| toll | 1st construction: 5 Pfennig, vehicles more | |
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| Above sea level | 55 m | |
The Holtey floating bridge is now a pedestrian and cycle path bridge in the Horst district of Essen . It runs over the Ruhr at river kilometer 46.2 and connects this district with Burgaltendorf .
history
The Horst Altendorfer ferry company operated the old Holteyer bridge, which was completed in 1901, until 1936. It was firmly anchored on the Horster side with wooden girders and from the middle of the river to the Altendorfer side it was floating on pontoons . At normal water levels, their height corresponded to the height of the old towpath on the Altendorf side, which is still partially available today. The landlord Großjung from Horst had the bridge built with four other partners, including the Altendorf farmer Schulte-Holtey. The Schulte-Holtey family ran it alone from 1936. On the Altendorf side - the Essen district of Burgaltendorf was the independent municipality of Altendorf (Ruhr) until it was incorporated in 1970 - there was a ticket booth with a barrier. The state-approved fee was 5 pfennigs, which gave the bridge the popular name of the 5 pfennigs bridge . Vehicles had to pay a higher fee.
The floods of the Ruhr affected the bridge more and more. In particular, the tsunami caused by the demolition of the Möhne Dam in the night of May 16-17, 1943 tore part of the bridge with it. Due to a later lack of maintenance, the bridge was initially closed to motorized vehicles and later completely. In 1958, the state government in Düsseldorf had the bridge demolished, although the quality was still found to be acceptable.
In March 1982, the new construction of today's 84 meter long and three meter wide floating bridge began, which was opened on September 21, 1982 by the mayor of Essen, Horst Katzor . It was built by the companies Fricke GmbH & Co. KG and Philipp Holzmann and has field widths of 42 and 2 by 21 meters.
literature
- Christoph Schmitz: The Ruhr bridges . Münster: Ardey Verlag, 2004; ISBN 3-87023-311-7
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Heimat- und Burgverein Essen-Burgaltendorf: fords, ferries, bridges ; Retrieved August 2, 2013