Eisenbahnbrücke am Rheinfall, Railway bridge near Rhine Falls, Switzerland

The Eisenbahnbrücke am Rheinfall is a single-track railway bridge of the Rheinfallbahn that crosses the Rhine about 200 metres above the Rhine Falls, linking Laufen-Uhwiesen and Neuhausen. Built of masonry, it is 177 metres long and about 10 metres above the water, with nine large arches of mostly unequal spans between 12 and 18 metres and a small 6-metre arch on the left bank. Its plan is not straight because the foundations follow the fissured riverbed.

The bridge was built between 1855 and 1856 under engineer Carl Ruland's supervision and initially served only rail traffic. Pedestrian walkways were added decades later during extensive renovations in the late 1950s.

The structure forms part of the Rheinfall Railway line, which links the industrial centers of Winterthur and Schaffhausen through the northern Swiss landscape.

Access to the pedestrian paths is free and available year-round, though the narrow walkways require careful footing and sturdy shoes are recommended. The best views of the waterfall come from the bridge's center, where the river and falls are most visible.

The bridge was first planned as a 130-metre iron lattice truss with three openings. When test borings for a temporary footbridge found solid limestone close to the surface along the whole crossing, engineer Carl Ruland switched to a masonry arch viaduct, saving 90,000 francs; the final cost was 220,000 francs.