Langebro
| Langebro | |
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| Coordinates | 55°40′13.08″N 12°34′43.46″E / 55.6703000°N 12.5787389°ECoordinates: 55°40′13.08″N 12°34′43.46″E / 55.6703000°N 12.5787389°E |
| Carries | Motor vehicles, pedestrian and bicycle traffic |
| Crosses | Copenhagen Inner Harbour |
| Locale |
City Centre Islands Brygge |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Bascule bridge |
| Total length | 250 metres (820 ft) |
| Clearance above | 7 metres (23 ft) |
| History | |
| Designer | Kaj Gottlob |
| Construction start | 1949 |
| Construction end | 1954 |
Langebro (literally "Long Bridge") is a bascule bridge across the Inner Harbour of Copenhagen, Denmark, connecting Zealandside H. C. Andersens Boulevard to Amagerside Amager Boulevard. It is one of only two bridges to carry motor vehicles across the harbour in central Copenhagen, the other being Knippelsbro.
Completed in 1690, the first bridge located roughly where Langebro is today was known as Kalvebodbro (Kalvebod Bridge) and connected the Western Rampart's Rysensteen Bastion on Zealand with Christianshavn Rampart's Christianshavns Vold#Kalvebod Bastion on Christianshavn. It was a wooden structure with a drawbridge in the middle that allowed ships to pass. The bridge was built for the military but was also open to civilian pedestrians.
The bridge was refurbished several times. It was widened in 1875-76.
Plans for a new Langebro were first presented in 1885 but not realized until 1903. The new bridge was located 400 ft to the south of the old one, Vestre Boulevard (now H. C. Andersens Boulevard) and connected to the Amager Boulevard on the other side of the harbor. It was a swing bridge resting on nine stone pillars.
The swing bridge was both used for both trams and the Amagerbanen railroad.
With growing automobile traffic, the new bridge soon became outdated and a new temporary bridge was constructed in 1930. The bridge was subject to sabotage on 23 March 1945.
The temporary bridge was replaced by the current Langebro in 1954.
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