Caption

Long traffic jam on the Mintarder Ruhr Valley Bridge, A52 motorway bridge between Essen and Düsseldorf, in the direction of Essen, caused by single-lane traffic due to long-term work on the transition construction of the bridge to the roadway, since the end of January 2026, daily long traffic jams, sometimes more than 20 minutes late, duration of the measure not yet precisely foreseeable, the district of Mintard, spring, rapeseed, longest Steel road bridge in Germany, completed in 1966, 1830 meters long, 18 hollow pillars, highest point above ground are 65 meters, is used by more than 80, 000 vehicles a day, is considered dilapidated and is to be replaced, the bridge spans the Ruhr Valley between Essen-Kettwig and Mülheim an der Ruhr, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Date

Apr 08, 2026

Credit line

Photo12/ImageBROKER/Jochen Tack

Reference

BRK26E38_033

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No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

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

Keywords

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