Oberkassel Bridge
General Information
| Structural Type: |
Arch bridge
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| Function / usage: |
Road bridge
Tramway, light or metro rail bridge |
| Other name(s): | Oberkasseler Brücke |
| Built: | 1925 - 1926 |
| Status: | destroyed (1945) |
Geographic Information & Related Structures
| Location: |
Düsseldorf-Altstadt, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe Düsseldorf-Oberkassel, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe |
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| Crossed |
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| Next to |
Planetarium (1926)
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| Replaced by |
Freeman Bridge (1945)
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| Replaces |
Oberkassel Bridge (1898)
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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
There currently are no relevant websites listed.
Relevant Publications
- Architekten und Ingenieure gestalten ihre Stadt, Richter-Verlag, Düsseldorf (Germany), ISBN 392876215X, 1993; pp. 101-102, 104
- Düsseldorf: eine Stadt zwischen Tradition und Vision, B.o.s. Druck und Medien, Kleve (Germany), ISBN 3933969158, 2001; pp. 109-115
Internal Information
| Structure-ID: | s0000325 |
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| Created: | 07/08/1999 |
| Last Updated: | 27/02/2013 |