General Information
Project Type
| Structure: |
Through truss bridge Bascule bridge |
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| Function / usage: |
Railroad (railway) bridge Bicycle and pedestrian bridge |
| Material: |
Steel bridge |
Location
| Location: |
Westoverledingen, Leer (Kreis), Lower Saxony, Germany Weener, Leer (Kreis), Lower Saxony, Germany |
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| Crosses: |
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| Coordinates: | 53° 9' 41.22" N 7° 22' 21.54" E |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| length | 335 m |
Chronology
| 3 December 2015 | The cargo ship Emsmoon collides with the bascule span of the bridge which is completely destroyed. The bridge is closed to traffic for the foreseeable future. |
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Excerpt from Wikipedia
The Friesenbrücke is a railway bridge in Weener, Germany, crossing the river Ems.
Background
The first bridge was built under the name Emsbrücke Hilkenborg between 1874 and 1876. In June 1922 the lighter Hohenfelde, towed by the Theseus, collided with the bridge, making the construction of a new bridge necessary.
Between 1924 and 1926 the new bridge, a bascule bridge and the first Friesenbrücke, was built with a length of about 335 meters. During World War 2 it was blown up by German soldiers (Wehrmacht) to stop the Canadian soldiers at the Ems.
After World War 2, a new Friesenbrücke was built between 1951 and 1952, also a bascule bridge. The bridge wasn't wide enough to allow all newbuilts of the Meyer Werft in Papenburg to pass the bridge since the 1980s, so a second was created, which was opened by a crane vessel multiple times a year.
In December 2015 the bridge was damaged by the cargo ship Emsmoon. Since then, the bridge has been closed. The bridge was demolished in 2021/22.
A new Friesenbrücke is planned to be completed in 2024 as a swing bridge. Construction officially started in July 2021.
Text imported from Wikipedia article "Friesenbrücke" and modified on 7 December 2023 according to the CC-BY-SA 3.0 license.
Participants
Initial construction (1924-1926)
Client
Contractor
- Dyckerhoff & Widmann AG (piers)
Steel construction
Reconstruction (1950-1951)
Client
Civil works
Steel construction
Relevant Web Sites
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20025248 - Published on:
16/11/2006 - Last updated on:
05/02/2016
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