Caption

First part of the assembly of the new, 120-meter-long A516 motorway bridge, across Teutoburger Straße in Oberhausen-Sterkrade, 2 large cranes lift the 24 bridge sections weighing up to 121 tons and up to 40 meters long, which are then connected by tendons using a globally unique process, the prefabrication of the bridge parts and the construction process reduces the construction time from 24 to 7 months, per direction, the bridge, built in 1970 was severely damaged, traffic continues to roll on the still existing West Bridge, after which the Completion of this bridge, the western part is also demolished and then rebuilt, traffic rolls in one lane on the new bridge, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Date

Mar 22, 2026

Credit line

Photo12/ImageBROKER/Jochen Tack

Reference

BRK26D90_309

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

142.4Mb (47.5Mb) / 28.8in x 19.2in / 8640 x 5760 (300dpi)

Keywords

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