BAS 1362
Island Bridge

© Frank Sellke / brueckenweb.de

Inselbrücke
25.5.08
© Helmut Fischer

Inselbrücke
25.5.08
© Helmut Fischer
Germany
Berlin
Berlin - Mitte
OT Middle
Spree river channel
Island Road only pedestrian traffic
arch bridge, arch under the roadway
Stone
1912-14
18.00 m
59.00 m
19.90 m
0.00 m
0.00 m
944.00 m2
in operation
3 Sheets with 11 m + 18 m + 11 m span<br><br>Middle (new Cölln on the water/old Cölln), connects the island road with the fishermen's island of the Spree Canal. 1693 built a wooden pile bridge with folding forward, which was repaired although several times, remained however a simple wooden bridge. Until 1912/13 a new bridge with a width of 19.90 metres was built according to a design by Ludwig Hoffmann. Vaulted ceilings and parapet were given a facing of limestone. In the 2nd World War the parapet and the pages were cut through badly damaged, the northern and the Central Vault. 1957-58 was the Island Bridge part reconstructs, 1999 started the final recovery. The bridge is protected. (Information provided by www.luise-berlin.de)
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