Caption

Traffic jam on the A43 motorway near Herne, heading north, in front of the barrier system, the vehicles heavier than 3.5 t stop and are then diverted, behind the barrier there is a dilapidated bridge across the Rhine-Herne Canal, which must be renewed, heavy vehicles must not pass through the bridge, railway bridges, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Date

Feb 04, 2026

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Jochen Tack

Reference

BRK26B03_399

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

172,3Mb (5,7Mb) / 21,1in x 31,7in / 6336 x 9504 (300dpi)

Keywords

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