General Information
| Other name(s): | Oberkasseler Brücke |
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| Beginning of works: | 1925 |
| Completion: | 1926 |
| Status: | destroyed (1945) |
Project Type
| Structure: |
Arch bridge |
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| Function / usage: |
Tramway, light or metro rail bridge Road bridge |
| Material: |
Steel bridge |
Location
| Location: |
Düsseldorf-Altstadt, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Düsseldorf-Oberkassel, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
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| Crossed: |
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| Part of: | |
| Next to: |
Tonhalle (1926)
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| Replaced by: |
Freeman Bridge (1945)
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| Replaces: |
Oberkassel Bridge (1898)
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| Coordinates: | 51° 13' 53.82" N 6° 46' 6.76" E |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| total length | 638 m | |
| main spans (2x) | 181.25 m |
Materials
| arches |
steel
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Chronology
| 3 March 1945 | Bridge dynamited by the retreating German troops. |
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Participants
Currently there is no information available about persons or companies having participated in this project.
Relevant Web Sites
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Relevant Publications
- Architekten und Ingenieure gestalten ihre Stadt. 100 Jahre Architekten- und Ingenieurverein (AIV). Richter-Verlag, Düsseldorf (Germany), 1993, pp. 101-102, 104.
- (2001): Düsseldorf: eine Stadt zwischen Tradition und Vision. Brücken über den Rhein. B.o.s. Druck und Medien, Kleve (Germany), pp. 109-115.
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20000325 - Published on:
07/08/1999 - Last updated on:
05/02/2016
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