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General Information

Other name(s): Theodor-Heuss-Brücke
Beginning of works: 1883
Completion: 30 May 1885
Status: in use

Project Type

Structure: Deck arch bridge
Material: Steel bridge
Function / usage: Road bridge
Structure: Truss arch bridge
Two-hinged arch bridge

Location

Location: , ,
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Crosses:
  • Rhine River
Coordinates: 50° 0' 24.23" N    8° 16' 37.16" E
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Technical Information

Dimensions

width 1885: 13.80 m
1933: 18.80 m
span lengths 87.13 m - 98.96 m - 102.94 m - 98.96 m - 87.13 m
number of spans 5

Materials

arches steel

Chronology

1933

Widening.

1945

Destroyed. Rebuilt in the form of 1933.

1992 — 1995

Partial reconstruction. The concrete deck slab is replaced by an orthotropic deck.

Excerpt from Wikipedia

The Theodor Heuss Bridge is an arch bridge over the Rhine River connecting the Mainz-Kastel district of Wiesbaden, capital of state Hesse and the Rhineland-Palatinate state capital Mainz. The main span of the bridge is 102.94 meters (337.7 ft) long. It connects the Bundesstraßes 40 and 455. Initially it was just called “Straßenbrücke” (street bridge), later it was named after German statesman Theodor Heuss.

The Romans had built a bridge in this region in 27 AD, while the first arch bridge was inaugurated on 30 May 1885. Its construction costs of 3.6 million gold marks were recouped through tolls within three years although tolls continued to be levied until 1912. The bridge was widened from 1931 to 1934 but was destroyed on 17 March 1945 by German military engineers at the end of the second World War. To forestall a second Remagen, the Germans by 19 March had blown all Rhine bridges from Ludwigshafen northward.

It was rebuilt in the years 1948 to 1950 and partially reconstructed between 1992 and 1995 for a cost of 139.5 million marks.

Text imported from Wikipedia article "Theodor Heuss Bridge (Mainz-Wiesbaden)" and modified on July 23, 2019 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.

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  • About this
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  • Structure-ID
    20008286
  • Published on:
    16/02/2003
  • Last updated on:
    04/05/2016
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