Autobahnbrücke Griesheim
General Information
| Structural Type: |
Girder bridge
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| Function / usage: |
Motorway bridge / freeway bridge
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| Built: | 1934 - 1935 |
| Status: | demolished (1977) |
Geographic Information & Related Structures
| Location: |
Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany, Europe |
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| Crossed |
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| Carried |
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| Part of: | |
| Replaced by |
Autobahnbrücke Griesheim (1978)
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Technical Information
Materials
| deck |
reinforced concrete
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Chronology
| 1927 | A private initiative is formed to advocate the construction of a "automobile road" from Hamburg to Basel via Frankfurt (HAFRABA). It is dismissed by the NSDAP. |
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| 23 September 1933 | Adolf Hitler takes up the idea of the highway again and comes personally to the ground breaking ceremony for the section Frankfurt-Darmstadt. |
| 1934 | Construction of the highway section Frankfurt-Kassel begins which requires a Main river crossing. |
| 1945 | Dynamited by retreating German troops. |
| 22 April 1946 | Reconstructed bridge enters service. The bridge is made of wood. It is later replaced again by a reinforced concrete structure. |
| 22 September 1976 | The first superstructure of the replacement bridge is completed and enters service. |
| December 1976 | The bridge is dismantled by barging parts of the bridge out. |
| 2 January 1977 | In a second barging foray the remainder of the superstructure is removed. |
| 15 February 1977 | Demolition is complete. |
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
- Frankfurter Brücken, Societäts-Verlag, Frankfurt (Germany), ISBN 3797303939, 1982; pp. 189-194
Internal Information
| Structure-ID: | s0005255 |
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| Created: | 21/09/2002 |
| Last Updated: | 27/02/2013 |