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General Information

Other name(s): Rheinbrücke Köln-Mülheim
Beginning of works: 13 October 1949
Completion: 8 September 1951
Status: in use

Project Type

Location

Location: , ,
Crosses:
  • Rhine River
Replaces: Köln-Mülheimer Brücke (1929)
Coordinates: 50° 57' 51.50" N    6° 59' 42.94" E
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Technical Information

Dimensions

main span 315 m
sag 35.000 m
total length 682.80 m
span lengths 4 x 23.4 m - 2 x 52.1 m - 85 m - 315 m - 85 m
number of spans 9
number of tracks 2
track gauge 1 435 mm
deck deck width 27.20 m
roadway / carriageway width 17.20 m
walkway width 2 x (1.60 m + 3.40 m)
pylons height from foundation level 50.500 m
on-axis distance between cables at top of towers 21.300 m
number 2

Cost

cost of construction German Mark 12 200 000

Materials

cables steel wire
deck steel
pylons steel

Excerpt from Wikipedia

The Mülheim Bridge (German:Mülheimer Brücke pronounced [ˈmyːlhaɪmɐ ˌbʁʏkə], Ripuarian:Möllemer Bröck pronounced [ˈmøləmɐ ˌbʁøkˑ]) in Cologne is a suspension bridge on the river Rhine in western Germany. It has a main span of 315 metres. The bridge was originally completed in 1929. On October 14-15, 1944, an American bomb struck the chamber containing the demolition charges, destroying the bridge. The bridge was rebuilt between 1949 and 1951. It connects the city district Riehl on the west side of the river with Mülheim on the east side, after which the bridge is named.

Text imported from Wikipedia article "Mülheim Bridge, Cologne" and modified on 22 July 2019 under the CC-BY-SA 3.0 license.

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  • About this
    data sheet
  • Structure-ID
    20000183
  • Published on:
    29/04/1999
  • Last updated on:
    01/11/2023
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