Werther Bridge
Coordinates: 51 ° 16 ′ 21 ″ N , 7 ° 12 ′ 25 ″ E
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| use | Road traffic | |
| Convicted | Heidter Berg | |
| Subjugated | Wupper | |
| place | Wuppertal - Barmen ( North Rhine-Westphalia ) | |
| construction | Steel bridge | |
| overall length | ~ 30 m | |
| width | ~ 16 m | |
| completion | 1902 | |
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| Above sea level | 158 m above sea level NHN | |
The Werther Bridge is a road bridge built in 1902 with two lanes over the Wupper in the Wuppertal district of Barmen . As part of the Heidter Berg road, it connects the left, southern bank of the Wupper with the Barmer Werth between Wupper and Barmer Mühlengraben . The street then crosses Höhne / Berliner Strasse ( Bundesstrasse 7 ) to the north and continues beyond this intersection as Bachstrasse . The bridge is set up as a one-way street in a northerly direction.
The historic suspension railway station, built in Art Nouveau style , on this road bridge is the only one from the time the railway was built that has survived. The suspension railway station, faithfully reconstructed in 1984 based on old drawings, is one of the most beautiful on the route.
On December 20, 1996, the bridge was included in the list of historical monuments of the city of Wuppertal.
A partial renovation was planned for spring 2009, which in March 2008 had been estimated at a good 310,000 euros. Now, in January 2009, major corrosion damage has been recorded, which the city of Wuppertal describes as “significant damage to statically relevant components”. As a precaution, the two lanes have been limited to one. The bridge is currently working.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Westdeutsche Zeitung (online) from January 21, 2009 discovered damage to the Werther Bridge
- ↑ Page ( Memento of the original from January 4, 2015 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. by Wolfgang Mondorf
- ↑ Can the Werther Bridge still be saved? Westdeutsche Zeitung (online) from January 21, 2009
Web links
- Entry in the Wuppertal monument list