Hohenzollern Bridge
Hohenzollern Bridge Hohenzollernbrücke | |
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Hohenzollern bridge | |
| Coordinates | 50°56′29″N 06°57′56″E / 50.94139°N 6.96556°E |
| Carries | Train and pedestrian traffic |
| Crosses | River Rhine |
| Locale | Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| Owner | Deutsche Bahn |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Tied arch bridge (1948) |
| Material | Concrete piers with steel superstructure |
| Total length | 409.19 metres (1,342.5 ft) |
| Width | 26.2 metres (86 ft) (deck, 1987) |
| Longest span | 167.75 metres (550.4 ft) |
| No. of spans | 118.88 metres (390.0 ft) - 167.75 metres (550.4 ft) - 122.56 metres (402.1 ft) (1987) |
| History | |
| Constructed by | Krupp Maschinen- und Stahlbau (steel), Grün & Bilfinger and Heinrich Butzer (concrete) 1946 August Klönne and Stahlbau Albert Liesegang (steel), Philipp Holzmann AG (concrete) 1956 Hein, Lehmann & Co. and Krupp Industrietechnik GmbH and Thyssen Engineering GmbH (steel) 1986 |
| Construction start | 1946, 1956, 1986 |
| Construction end | 1948, 1959, 1987 |
| Construction cost | DM 14,000,000 |
| Location | |
Interactive map of Hohenzollern Bridge | |
Hohenzollern Bridge Hohenzollernbrücke | |
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Hohenzollern Bridge, with Cologne Cathedral and Museum Ludwig in the background | |
| Coordinates | see above |
| Crossed | River Rhine |
| Locale | Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| Preceded by | Cathedral Bridge |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Arch bridge with suspended deck (1911) |
| Width | 32.45 metres (106.5 ft) (deck) |
| Longest span | 167.75 metres (550.4 ft) |
| No. of spans | 118.88 metres (390.0 ft) - 167.75 metres (550.4 ft) - 122.56 metres (402.1 ft) (1911) |
| History | |
| Architect | Franz Heinrich Schwechten (1911) |
| Construction start | 1907 |
| Construction end | 1911 |
| Collapsed | 6 March 1945 |
The Hohenzollern Bridge (German: Hohenzollernbrücke) is a bridge crossing the river Rhine in the German city of Cologne (German: Köln). It crosses the Rhine at kilometre 688.5. Originally, the bridge was both a railway and road bridge. However, after its destruction in 1945 and subsequent reconstruction, the bridge has only been accessible to rail and pedestrian traffic.
It is the most heavily used railway bridge in Germany with more than 1,200 trains crossing daily, connecting the Köln Hauptbahnhof and Köln Messe/Deutz stations.