Rhine bridges in North Rhine-Westphalia
In the following overview, all Rhine bridges in North Rhine-Westphalia are listed. In contrast to many other representations, the bridges are described in the order upstream. With a click of the left mouse button on a picture a larger photo of the respective bridge is displayed.
The overview starts with the first Rhine bridge in North Rhine-Westphalia, the Rhine bridge Emmerich, just before the border to the Netherlands.
km 853,20: Rheinbrücke Emmerich
Function: Road (B 220)
Year completed: 1965
The Emmerich Rhine Bridge has been undergoing extensive repairs since 2019. The final phase of the repair has now begun and is scheduled for completion in 2024.
km 838,6: Rheinbrücke Rees
Function: Road (B 67)
Year completed: 1967
km 815,28: Eisenbahn-Rheinbrücke Wesel (debris)
Function: Railway, 1945 blown up and not rebuilt
Year completed: 1926
km 813,89: Niederrheinbrücke Wesel
Function: Road (B 58n)
Year completed: 2009
km 785,3: Rheinbrücke Emscherschnellweg Duisburg
Function: Road/Autobahn (A 42)
Year completed: 1990
km 785,0: Haus-Knipp-Brücke (Duisburg-Ruhrort)
Function: Railway
Year completed: 1946
km 780,7: Friedrich-Ebert-Brücke (Duisburg-Homberg)
Function: Road (B 60)
Year completed: 1954
km 778,3: Rhine bridge Duisburg-Neuenkamp
Function: Road/Autobahn (A 40)
Year completed: 2023 (south bridge)
On 6.11.2023, the new south bridge was opened to traffic as the first of the two planned replacement bridges for the previous Rhine bridge. The old Rhine bridge will be dismantled in 2024 and the north bridge will be built by 2026. After that, the new south bridge, which can be seen in the foreground, will be moved 14.40 m to the north. In the picture, the old Rhine bridge, which has not yet been dismantled, can be seen in the background.
km 775,29: Rheinbrücke Duisburg-Rheinhausen
Function: Road (L 237)
Year completed: 1949
km 774,38: Rheinbrücke Duisburg-Hochfeld
Function: Railway
Year completed: 1949
km 764,04: Rheinbrücke Krefeld-Uerdingen
Function: Road (B 288)
Year completed: 1950
The bridge is no longer able to cope with increasing traffic loads. At present, it is still unclear whether the landmarked structure will be replaced by a new building or relieved by an additional bridge.
km 752,50: Flughafenbrücke (Düsseldorf/Meerbusch)
Function: Road/Autobahn (A 44)
Year completed: 1999
km 746,70: Theodor-Heuss-Brücke (Düsseldorf)
Function: Road
Year completed: 1957
The bridge has long since reached its load limit. No decision has yet been made as to whether the bridge will be extensively refurbished or replaced by a new structure.
km 744,82: Oberkasseler Brücke (Düsseldorf)
Function: Road (L 391) and tram
Year completed: 1977
km 743,60: Kniebrücke (Düsseldorf)
Function: Road
Year completed: 1967
km 738,2: Hammer Brücke (Düsseldorf)
Function: Railway
Year completed: 1987
km 737,1: Josef-Kardinal-Frings-Brücke (Südbrücke, Düsseldorf/Neuss)
Function: Road (B 1) and Tram
Year completed: 1950
The south bridge is in poor condition due to its age. From September 2023, the bridge is to be closed to trucks with a total weight of more than 30 tons. Currently, no decision has been made on whether to build a new bridge or to carry out extensive refurbishment, although refurbishment is likely to be economically unattractive.
km 732,4: Fleher Brücke (Düsseldorf/Neuss)
Function: Road/Autobahn (A 46)
Year completed: 1979
After damage to load-bearing components of the bridge was discovered in 2018, a new construction has been in planning since 2020. Construction is scheduled to begin in 2029. In particular, the significantly increased truck traffic has led to the damage.
km 701,4: Rheinbrücke Leverkusen
Function: Road/Autobahn (A 1)
Year completed: 1964
Traffic on the Rhine bridge has already been very restricted for years due to severe structural damage. Construction of the first of two new bridges began in 2017. The first bridge is scheduled for completion at the end of 2023, while the second bridge is scheduled for completion at the end of 2027. Due to quality deficiencies, construction was interrupted for one year in 2020 to 2021.
km 691,9: Mülheimer Brücke (Cologne)
Function: Road (B 51) and Tram
Year completed: 1950
km 690,2: Zoobrücke (Cologne)
Function: Road (B 55a)
Year completed: 1966
km 688,5: Hohenzollernbrücke (Cologne)
Function: Railway
Year completed: 1952
km 687,95: Deutzer Brücke (Cologne)
Function: Road (L 111)
Year completed: 1948
km 687,28: Severinsbrücke (Cologne)
Function: Road (B 55)
Year completed: 1956
km 685,7: Südbrücke (Cologne)
Function: Railway
Year completed: 1947
km 683,8: Rodenkirchener Brücke (Cologne)
Function: Road/Autobahn (A4)
Year completed: 1953
The Rodenkirchen bridge was widened on the north side by a twin structure from 1990 - 1994. However, it is foreseeable that the two bridges will no longer withstand the increasing loads in a few years. A concrete plan for the intended successor does not yet exist (as of 05/2023).
km 657,1: Friedrich-Ebert-Brücke (Bonn)
Function: Road/Autobahn (A 565)
Year completed: 1966
The bridge has only a limited remaining useful life and will have to be replaced in the foreseeable future. Construction of a new bridge is not expected to begin before 2034.
km 654,9: Kennedy Bridge (Bonn)
Function: Road (B 56a)
Year completed: 1949
The Kennedy Bridge was widened from 18.00 meters to 26.80 meters and extensively repaired in 2007-2010.
km 651,4: Konrad-Adenauer-Brücke (Bonn)
Function: Road/Autobahn (A 562)
Year completed: 1972
The next bridge structure upstream are the remains of the Remagen Bridge, but they are already in Rhineland-Palatinate.
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