List of bridges over the Rhine

Road and railway bridges over the Hinterrhein near Reichenau-Tamins

This is a list of bridges over the River Rhine, both present and past.

The Rhine is divided into sections (from source to delta): Vorderrhein / Hinterrhein, Alpine Rhine (Alpenrhein), Seerhein (between the lower and upper Lake Constance), High Rhine (Hochrhein), Upper Rhine (Oberrhein), Middle Rhine, Lower Rhine and Rhine delta. As a result of the straightening of the Alpine Rhine, there are now two cut-off river sections, both named Alter Rhein (lit. 'Old Rhine'), which are crossed by bridges.

List

This list includes both existing and former bridges over the Rhine, sorted by the sections of the river. Within each section, bridges are listed according to their sequence in direction of flow of the river. Railway bridges are marked with an *, tramway bridges with a #. Railway bridges, are listed with the nearest train stations on the left and right banks. Otherwise the two municipalities are given.

Vorderrhein

RhB railway bridge over Vorderrhein
  • Switzerland. Many Bridges including the following rail bridges
    • *A total of five bridges between Trun and Reichenau-Tamins on the Reichenau-Tamins–Disentis/Mustér railway line (all single tracked, electrified, 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge)

Hinterrhein

  • Switzerland. Many Bridges including the following rail bridges
    • *Between Thusis and Tiefencastel on the Albula railway line (single tracked, electrified, 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge)
    • *Between Trin and Reichenau-Tamins on the Reichenau-Tamins–Disentis/Mustér railway (single tracked, electrified, 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge)

Alpine Rhine

Railway bridge between Liechtenstein and Switzerland
  • Switzerland
  • Liechtenstein and Switzerland
    • Wartau
      • Trübbach–Mäls Bridge (Pedestrian/Pipeline)
      • Trübbach–Balzers Bridge
    • Vaduz
      • Sri Chinmoy Peace Bridge
      • Vaduz Old Bridge (Pedestrian)
      • Buchs–Vaduz Bridge (Pedestrian)
      • *Between Schaan and Buchs SG (single tracked, electrified)
      • Buchs–Schaan Bridge
      • VfA Energy Bridge (Pipes/Pedestrian)
    • Ruggell
      • Haag–Bendern Bridge
      • Sennwald–Ruggell Bridge
  • Austria and Switzerland

Fussacher Durchstich

Alter Rhein

Seerhein

High Rhine

Hydroelectric powerplant, Schaffhausen-Flurlingen road bridge and N4 motorway bridge
The Rheinfall rail bridge, just upstream of the Rhine Falls near Schaffhausen
Wooden bridge in Rheinau
Two-leveled Dreirosenbrücke in Basel

Upper Rhine

Maxau–Maximiliansau
Konrad Adenauer Bridge between Ludwigshafen and Mannheim

Middle Rhine

Lower Rhine

The Hohenzollernbrücke in Cologne

Rhine delta

  • Netherlands (in the delta, the river splits and its name changes between places)

Main Channel to Rotterdam


Rail Bridges on other channels

    • *Between Rotterdam and Dordrecht, across Oude Maas, two bridges - (each double tracked, electrified)
    • *South of Rotterdam, 'HSL' tunnel below Oude Maas - (double tracked, electrified)
    • *South of Rotterdam, main bridge at Moerdijk across Hollands Diep - (double tracked, electrified)
    • *South of Rotterdam, 'HSL' second railway bridge - (double tracked, electrified, hi-speed)
    • *Near Alblasserdam, a tunnel below Noord (a branch near Rotterdam) - (two tracks, electrified; freight only: Rotterdam - Ruhr Area link-up 'Betuwelijn', built 2001-2006).
    • *Between Bemmel and Zevenaar, tunnel below Pannerdens Kanaal (1707 AD dug section of Rhine's second-largest delta branch) - (two tracks, electrified; freight only: Rotterdam - Ruhr Area link-up 'Betuwelijn', built 2001-2006)
    • *At Arnhem, across Nederrijn (Rhine delta, second-largest branch) - (two tracks, electrified)
    • *At Rhenen, across Nederrijn - former double tracked rail bridge, destroyed in World War II.
    • *Between Culemborg and Houten, across the Lek River (Rhine delta, second-largest branch farther downstream) - (two tracks, electrified)
    • *At Westervoort, across IJssel - (two tracks, electrified)
    • *At Zutphen, across IJssel (Rhine, third-largest branch) - (two tracks, electrified)
    • *At Deventer, across IJssel - (two tracks, electrified)
    • *At Zwolle, across IJssel, Older bridge - (two tracks, electrified)
    • *At Zwolle, across IJssel, Second bridge 'Hanzelijn' 2010 - (two tracks, electrified)
    • *Between Utrecht and Zeist, across Kromme Rijn (east of Bunnik) - (two tracks, electrified)
    • *At Utrecht Centraal, across Vaartsche Rijn (canal) - (four tracks, electrified; building a second bridge with four more tracks is scheduled for 2011–2012)
    • *At Utrecht Centraal, across Oude Rijn (canalised into Leidschse Rijn) (fifteen tracks + platforms; electrified).
    • *Between Utrecht and Vleuten, Woerden, across Amsterdam Rijn-Canal - (four tracks, electrified)
    • *Between Utrecht and Breukelen, Amsterdam, across Amsterdam Rijn-Canal - (four tracks, electrified)
    • *At Leiden Centraal, across Oude Rijn, towards Utrecht - (two tracks, electrified)
    • *At Leiden, across Oude Rijn, towards Rotterdam - (four tracks, electrified)

Strategic bridges

Mannheim-Ludwigshafen bridge in 1945

The bridges at Huningue, Rastatt, Rüdesheim (Hindenburgbrücke) and Remagen (Ludendorffbrücke), were built for strategic military reasons only, in order to allow the Imperial German Army and later on, the Wehrmacht, to quickly transport forces by rail to Germany's western border in the event of a war with France. Unlike other bridges built for the same purpose, such as the ones at Koblenz or Cologne, these bridges were of almost no use in peacetime and thus, were never rebuilt, after their destruction during the last months of World War II, except for the one at Rastatt, which was used to supply units of the French Army stationed in the area.

References

Complete List (in German)

  1. ^ "Abbruch der Rhein-Brücke Kriessern/Mäder [Demolition of the Rhine bridge between Kriessern and Mäder]" (in German). 13 March 2020. Retrieved 12 May 2024.