Maxau Rhine Bridge
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Rhine Bridge, Maxau (road bridge) Rheinbrücke Maxau |
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| Coordinates | 49°2′13″N 8°18′12″E / 49.03694°N 8.30333°ECoordinates: 49°2′13″N 8°18′12″E / 49.03694°N 8.30333°E |
| Carries | Bundesstraße 10 |
| Crosses | Rhine |
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| Design | Cable-stayed bridge |
| Total length | 292 m (958 ft) |
| Width | 35.30 m (116 ft) |
| Longest span | 175 m (574 ft) |
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| Opened | December 1966 |
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| Daily traffic | 78500 |
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Rhine Bridge, Maxau (rail bridge) Rheinbrücke Maxau |
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| Carries | Winden–Karlsruhe railway |
| Crosses | Rhine |
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| Design | Steel truss bridge |
| Total length | 292 m (958 ft) |
| Longest span | 175 m (574 ft) |
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The Maxau Rhine Bridges (Rheinbrücken Maxau) connect the Baden-Württemberg city of Karlsruhe and the Rhineland-Palatinate town of Wörth in Germany. They cross the Rhine in the suburb of Maxau in the Karlsruhe district of Knielingen and the Wörth suburb of Maximiliansau. The Hofgut Maxau (Maxau estate), established by Maximilian von Baden (1796–1882), younger son of Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden, that Maxau is named after is located on the east bank of the Rhine near the bridge. Today there are two parallel bridge structures for road and rail traffic.
The road bridge carries Federal highway 10 over the Rhine. It connects the Wörth interchange (Wörther Kreuz), which is at the end of Autobahn 65, with the Karlsruhe urban freeway designated as the Südtangente (south tangent), which connects to Autobahn 5. According to a survey conducted in the first half of 2005, around 78,500 motor vehicles use the bridge daily. It has therefore been a traffic bottleneck for years.
The building, designed by Wilhelm Tiedje in architectural terms, is a 292 m long cable-stayed bridge with semi-fan system. The 48 metre-high pylon, which is supported by a central pillar, divides the bridge asymmetrically into two sections, 175 metres and 117 metres long. The steel bridge superstructure has a deck depth of 3.00 metres and with a width of 35.30 metres accommodates two three-lane carriageways with footpaths and bicycle lanes on both sides. The road bridge was opened in December 1966.
The two-track railway bridge of the Winden–Karlsruhe railway is located a few metres south of the road bridge. It was opened on 29 April 1991 as a single-track bridge and upgraded in 2000 with additional superstructure to support a second track and put into operation on 12 May 2000.
The railway bridge consists of two parallel sections of welded superstructures of steel truss construction, both 292 metres long, resting on a common central pillar. The pillarless trusses have a system height of 12.00 metres and have a through truss in the longitudinal direction. As with the road bridge, the pier divides the bridge asymmetrically into two sections that are 117 metres and 175 metres long.
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