Bridge Name: | Emmerich Rhine Bridge |
Native Name: | Rheinbrücke Emmerich |
Native Name Lang: | de |
Other Name: | Emmericher Rheinbrücke |
Carries: | 4 lanes of Bundesstraße B 220, 2 cycle lanes / sidewalks |
Crosses: | Rhine |
Locale: | Emmerich am Rhein, Germany |
Maint: | Landesbetrieb Straßenbau NRW, Niederlassung Wesel |
Design: | suspension bridge |
Material: | steel |
Mainspan: | 500m (1,600feet) |
Length: | 803m (2,635feet) |
Width: | 22.5m (73.8feet) |
Below: | 30m (100feet) |
Begin: | 2 May 1962 |
Complete: | 1965 |
Coordinates: | 51.8292°N 6.2258°W |
Mapframe-Zoom: | 12 |
The Emmerich Rhine Bridge (de|'Rheinbrücke Emmerich') is a suspension bridge located in Emmerich am Rhein, Germany. Completed in 1965, it has a main span of 500m (1,600feet), crossing the Rhine, carrying the Bundesstraße B 220, the federal highway between Emmerich am Rhein and Kleve. It is the longest suspension bridge in Germany.
It was built from 1962 to 1965, after the design of Heinrich Bartmann and the planning of German civil engineer . The bridge was opened for traffic in 1965. Pedestrian walkways and cycle paths run along both sides of the bridge, separated from the vehicular lanes. The two pylons are 76.7m (251.6feet) high.