Hohenzollern Bridge

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Hohenzollern Bridge Hohenzollernbrücke
Hohenzollern bridge
Coordinates	50°56′29″N 06°57′56″E / 50.94139°N 6.96556°E / 50.94139; 6.96556
Carries	Train and pedestrian traffic[1]
Crosses	River Rhine[1]
Locale	Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany[1]
Owner	Deutsche Bahn
Characteristics
Design	Tied arch bridge (1948)[1]
Material	Concrete piers with steel superstructure[1]
Total length	409.19 metres (1,342.5 ft)[1]
Width	26.2 metres (86 ft) (deck, 1987)[1]
Longest span	167.75 metres (550.4 ft)[1]
No. of spans	118.88 metres (390.0 ft) - 167.75 metres (550.4 ft) - 122.56 metres (402.1 ft) (1987)[1]
History
Constructed by	Krupp Maschinen- und Stahlbau (steel), Grün & Bilfinger and Heinrich Butzer (concrete) 1946 August Klönne and Stahlbau Albert Liesegang (steel), Philipp Holzmann AG (concrete) 1956 Hein, Lehmann & Co. and Krupp Industrietechnik GmbH and Thyssen Engineering GmbH (steel) 1986[1]
Construction start	1946, 1956, 1986
Construction end	1948, 1959, 1987
Construction cost	DM 14,000,000[1]
Location

Hohenzollern Bridge Hohenzollernbrücke
Hohenzollern Bridge, with Cologne Cathedral and Museum Ludwig in the background
Coordinates	see above
Crossed	River Rhine
Locale	Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany[2]
Preceded by	Cathedral Bridge
Characteristics
Design	Arch bridge with suspended deck (1911)[2]
Width	32.45 metres (106.5 ft) (deck)[2]
Longest span	167.75 metres (550.4 ft)[2]
No. of spans	118.88 metres (390.0 ft) - 167.75 metres (550.4 ft) - 122.56 metres (402.1 ft) (1911)[2]
History
Architect	Franz Heinrich Schwechten (1911)[2]
Construction start	1907
Construction end	1911
Collapsed	6 March 1945[2]

The Hohenzollern Bridge (German: Hohenzollernbrücke) is a bridge crossing the river Rhine in the German city of Cologne (German: Köln). It crosses the Rhine at kilometre 688.5. Originally, the bridge was both a railway and road bridge. However, after its destruction in 1945 and subsequent reconstruction, the bridge has been only accessible to rail and pedestrian traffic.

It is the most heavily-used railway bridge in Germany with more than 1,200 trains crossing daily,^[3] connecting the Köln Hauptbahnhof and Köln Messe/Deutz stations.