General Information
| Named after: | |
|---|---|
| Name in local language: | Theodor-Heuss-Brücke |
| Other name(s): | Nordbrücke |
| Beginning of works: | 1953 |
| Completion: | 19 December 1957 |
| Status: | in use |
Project Type
| Structure: |
Cable-stayed bridge with harp system Three-span cable-stayed bridge |
|---|---|
| Function / usage: |
Road bridge |
| Material: |
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| Support conditions: |
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| Secondary structure(s): |
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Location
| Location: |
Düsseldorf-Golzheim, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Düsseldorf-Niederkassel, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
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| Crosses: |
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| Coordinates: | 51° 14' 49" N 6° 45' 33" E |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| main span | 260 m | |
| total length | 1 270.9 m | |
| main bridge | ||
|---|---|---|
| span lengths | 108.00 m - 260.00 m - 108.00 m | |
| number of spans | 3 | |
| deck | deck depth | 3.39 m |
| deck width | 26.60 m | |
| pylons | pylon height | 43.91 m |
Materials
| cables |
steel
|
|---|---|
| deck |
steel
|
| piers |
reinforced concrete
|
| pylons |
steel
|
| abutments |
reinforced concrete
|
Excerpt from Wikipedia
The Theodor Heuss Bridge also known as the Nordbrücke (North bridge) is a cable-stayed bridge over the Rhine River in Düsseldorf built from 1953 to 1957 with a main span of 260 m (850 ft) flanked on either side by spans of 108 m (354 ft).
It was the first cable-stayed bridge built in Germany. Along with two other cable-stayed bridges to the south, the Oberkassel Bridge and the Knie Bridge, the Theodor Heuss Bridge forms the central leg of Düsseldorf's family of bridges over the Rhine.
The bridge carries Bundesstraße 7, downtown connector to Autobahn 52. Growing traffic volume in the bridge relaxed in May 2002 due to the opening of the Airport Bridge to the north.
Text imported from Wikipedia article "Theodor Heuss Bridge (Düsseldorf)" and modified on June 23, 2025 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.
Participants
- Friedrich Tamms (architect)
- Fritz Leonhardt (consulting engineer)
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- Architekten und Ingenieure gestalten ihre Stadt. 100 Jahre Architekten- und Ingenieurverein (AIV). Richter-Verlag, Düsseldorf (Germany), 1993, pp. 242.
- (1998): Die Ästhetik moderner Schrägseilbrücken. In: Baukultur, n. 3 ( 1998), pp. 12-16.
- (1984): Baumeister in einer umwälzenden Zeit. Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart (Germany), pp. 119-123.
- (1962): Brücken für Düsseldorf 1961-62. Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf (Germany), pp. 78.
- (1977): Cable-Stayed Bridges. Theory and design. Crosby Lockwood Staples, London (United Kingdom), pp. 386.
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20000077 - Published on:
28/10/1998 - Last updated on:
25/05/2025
