Caption

The Hardenberg bridge, A40 motorway in Mülheim an der Ruhr, dilapidated motorway bridge, must be renewed, runs over the most important rail connection between the Rhineland and the Ruhr area, first half is to be demolished and renewed, then the second, traffic between Duisburg and Essen then runs in one lane across the other bridge, with sometimes severe obstructions to rail and car traffic, preparatory work here, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Date

Mar 15, 2026

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Jochen Tack

Reference

BRK26C91_098

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

142.4Mb (9.2Mb) / 28.8in x 19.2in / 8640 x 5760 (300dpi)

Keywords

construction site new building highway bridge bridge building highway passenger car railway track rail traffic vehicle road traffic transport traffic traffic route work logistics Ruhr district North Rhine-Westphalia German Europe construction work means of transportation long distance traffic road rundown damage break infrastructure preparation connection european Duisburg half destroyed demolished tear down Rhineland connect railway section Germany second railroad line substitute Mülheim an der Ruhr Essen A 40 railway line train Car traffic car Central Europe Railway line Motorway traffic Bridge construction site Bridge damage New replacement building Rail connection preparatory work building site new construction motorway bridge structure freeway railroad track road transport transportation labour Ruhr area NRW street deteriorated break-off preparing connector halved wrecked demolish Means of transport train line German Federal Republic replacement railway automobile Middle Europe construction area expressway bridge construction motorway Motor vehicle train track street traffic labor Ruhr Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia Motorway demolition bust Republic of Germany A40 railroad freeway bridge Ruhr region North-Rhine Westphalia broken FRG Ruhrgebiet damaged defective corrupted construction sites new buildings highway bridges bridges buildings highways passenger cars railway tracks vehicles transports traffic routes working construction works roads damages breaks infrastructures preparations connections tearing down connecting railway sections railroad lines substitutes railway lines trains cars building sites new constructions railroad tracks labouring streets connectors demolishing railways automobiles constructions Motor vehicles laboring demolitions railroads BRD construction ground construction grounds pont rail rails track tracks works Logistik Europe's Straße run-down decayed connexion connexions tears connects rail line labours dilapidated demolishes labors marooned ramshackle derelict