Krems Danube bridge, Road bridge in Krems, Austria.
The Krems Danube Bridge, officially St. Pöltner Brücke, carries the Kremser Straße (B37) over the Danube at river kilometre 1999.77. It is 1078 m long and 25 m wide, with two lanes separated by guardrails from wide pedestrian and cycle paths. The main span is a 458 m steel girder bridge with four openings of 84 + 120 + 170 + 84 m, its concrete piers clad in natural stone; the northern and southern approach bridges are prestressed concrete slab-girder structures.
The bridge was built in the 1970s as part of the Kremser Schnellstraße and was designed like a motorway bridge. Until the Traismauer Danube bridge opened in 2010, that expressway ran across it. It remains the only high-ranking road bridge into the Waldviertel. In 1995, the millennium year of Krems, it was officially named St. Pöltner Brücke.
The bridge's official name, St. Pöltner Brücke, was given in 1995, the millennium year of the city of Krems. A steel sculpture stands on the northern staircase, and a plaque beneath it records this naming. The crossing carries the Kremser Straße (B37) and is the only high-ranking road bridge into the Waldviertel.
The bridge carries the Kremser Straße (B37) at Danube kilometre 1999.77, with two lanes per direction separated by guardrails from wide pedestrian and cycle paths. Open staircases at both shore pillars lead down to the towpaths. Since 2010 the parallel Traismauer bridge has taken over through traffic, so the crossing is the only high-ranking road link into the Waldviertel.
The bridge is officially named St. Pöltner Brücke, although St. Pölten lies 30 km to the south. A steel sculpture stands on the northern staircase, and beneath it a plaque recalls the naming in Krems's millennium year, 1995. The bridge was built in the 1970s like a motorway bridge because the Kremser Schnellstraße once ran across it.
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