Kennedybrücke, Tram and road bridge in Hietzing, Vienna, Austria
Kennedybrücke crosses the Wien River and links several districts while handling both tram and car traffic. The design provides separate lanes for vehicles, trams, cyclists, and pedestrians on a single modern transport route.
It opened in 1964 as Vienna worked to expand and modernize its transport network after the war. The completion marked a key step in removing obstacles that had previously blocked movement across the river.
The name honors President John F. Kennedy and signals the close ties between Austria and the United States during that era. This choice still shapes how locals think about the crossing.
The bridge is about 90 metres wide: the Hietzing U4 station entrance and three tram stops sit under the central flying roof, with the tram turning loop running clockwise around it. A cycle path, the Wientalroute, crosses all other routes. The two protected bronze eagles from the earlier bridge stand on the pylons on the upstream side.
The two protected bronze eagles on the upstream pylons are the only surviving elements of the earlier bridge, which was built in 1898–1900 to designs by Friedrich Ohmann and Josef Hackhofer. The sculptor Arthur Strasser made them carrying the Austrian imperial crown on their backs.
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