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Instructions · What links here · Bürgermeister-Smidt-Brücke (talk: + · bio) · (log) · Copyvios report · reFill · Citation Bot · (Search: Google, Wikipedia) · Submitted 40 days ago by Masadan (talk: D · +) · Last edited 40 days ago by Masadan

The Bürgermeister-Smidt-Brücke (Mayor Smidt Bridge) is one of the main bridges in Bremen, Northgermany and leads in the center of the city over the River Weser from the old town to the new town (Neustadt). It crosses the Weser peninsula Teerhof.

The bridge is the oldest Weser bridge in Bremen. More than 15,000 cars, trams and buses cross the bridge every day, making over 750 trips by 2024.^[1]

History

The original bridge was was blown up close to the end of World War II on April 25, 1945; restoration attempts failed. In the harsh winter of 1947, there was an ice disaster on the Weser from March 16th to 18th and the makeshift Truman Bridge near the Martinikirche was destroyed. Another bridge was also destroyed and traffic connections from the old town to the new town were interrupted.

The reconstruction of the bridge had been planned since 1947; It was not until 1950 that the state decided to build a new building. The new flat steel bridge was built in 1951–1952, inaugurated by Wilhelm Kaisen on June 28, 1952 and named after Mayor Johann Smidt as the Mayor Smidt Bridge.^[2] It was designed according to plans by Friedrich Schumacher and Fritz Brandt.^[3]

References

^ "Bauarbeiten Bürgermeister-Smidt-Brücke | BSAG". www.bsag.de. Retrieved 2024-10-23.
^ "Bremer Brücken - Bürgermeister-Smidt-Brücke". Bremer Brücken (in German). Retrieved 2024-10-23.
^ "architekturführer-bremen". www.architekturfuehrer-bremen.de. Retrieved 2024-10-23.

[1] "Bauarbeiten Bürgermeister-Smidt-Brücke | BSAG". www.bsag.de. Retrieved 2024-10-23.

[2] "Bremer Brücken - Bürgermeister-Smidt-Brücke". Bremer Brücken (in German). Retrieved 2024-10-23.

[3] "architekturführer-bremen". www.architekturfuehrer-bremen.de. Retrieved 2024-10-23.

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