Caption

The Mintarder Ruhr Valley Bridge, A52 motorway bridge between Essen and Düsseldorf, longest steel road bridge in Germany, completed in 1966, 1830 meters long, 18 hollow pillars, highest point above ground is 65 meters, is used daily by more than 80, 000 vehicles, is considered dilapidated and is to be replaced, the bridge spans the Ruhr Valley between Essen-Kettwig and Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany

Date

Jan 27, 2026

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Jochen Tack

Reference

BRK26B14_295

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

142,4Mb (8,2Mb) / 28,8in x 19,2in / 8640 x 5760 (300dpi)

Keywords

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