The South Bridge ( German Südbrücke ) is a steel railway bridge across the Rhine River, located in the largest city of the Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia - Cologne ( Germany ). The south bridge is mainly used for the movement of freight trains, however, in 1999-2001 , during the reconstruction of the Cologne-Messe / Deutz station, ICE trains also moved along the bridge.
| South bridge | |
|---|---|
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| Official name | him. Südbrücke |
| Application area | railway, bicycle |
| Crosses | The rhine |
| Location | Cologne , North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Design | |
| Type of construction | girders |
| Material | steel |
| Main span | 165 m |
| total length | 536 m |
| Bridge width | 14.69 m |
| Exploitation | |
| Opening | April 5, 1910 |
| Reconstruction closure | 1945 - 1950 |
The bridge is under state protection as a monument of history and architecture [1] .
Upstream is the Rodenkirchen Bridge , below is the St. Severin Bridge .
Content
- 1 History
- 2 Design
- 3 See also
- 4 notes
- 5 Links
History
The construction of the South Bridge was started on November 8, 1906 , and traffic on the bridge was opened on April 5, 1910 . Construction costs amounted to 5.5 million marks [2] . The entrance to the bridge was decorated with Neo-Romanesque towers, designed by architect Franz Schwechten , who designed similar towers for the Hohenzollern bridge . The bridge was opened without the usual ceremony in such cases. This was due to mourning for eight workers who died in an accident during construction.
On January 6, 1945, during one of Cologne ’s 262 bombings by British aircraft, the South Bridge was destroyed. Immediately after the end of the Second World War , work began on the restoration of the bridge and in May 1946 the movement on the bridge was restored, however, only one track. After the reconstruction, the bridge was completely opened on October 1, 1950 , with restoration costs of 10 million marks.
In December 2009, work began on the repair and modernization of the South Bridge. 5.1 million euros were allocated for these works [2] . The work was completed in October 2012 [3] .
Design
- Canvas Bridge - Steel
- Total length - 536 m
- The length of the power arches is 368 m
- Flight pattern - 102.0 m - 165.0 m - 102.0 m - 3 × 56.0 m
- Number of railway tracks - 2
- Width of the railway part of the bridge - 10.34 m
- The total width of the bridge - 14.69 m
See also
- List of Rhine bridges
Notes
- ↑ Peter Berger: Sieben verlorene Brückenjahre, “Stadtanzeiger Köln” December 9, 2009, p. 28 (German)
- ↑ 1 2 Official website of the city of Cologne (German)
- ↑ Sanierung der Südbrücke beendet // Stadt Köln (German)
Links
- Südbrücke Köln // Structurae
- Page of the South Bridge on the website of the Rhine Industrial Culture (German)