Zecheriner Brücke, Bascule bridge in Vorpommern-Greifswald District, Germany.
Zecheriner Brücke is a bascule bridge over the Peenestrom strait on the B110 road, about six kilometres west of the town of Usedom. Its 325-metre structure includes a 20-metre movable span, a 6-metre-wide carriageway and a 1.5-metre walkway. The steel truss span rests on pale grey concrete piers, with a square control tower at the left end.
Ferries at Klotzower and Pinnower could not handle traffic to Usedom by 1867, so a causeway was built and a ferry station set up at Schwemmort. When bathing tourism boomed in the 1920s, the county of Usedom-Wollin began a road bridge in 1930; it opened on 22 May 1931 as the Usedomer Bäderbrücke. Wehrmacht troops blew it up in 1945, and it reopened to road traffic only in 1955. It was fully renovated in 1999 and 2000.
The bridge is named Usedomer Bäderbrücke, opened on 22 May 1931 to carry bathers to the seaside resorts of Usedom. Today the B110 crossing is used by cyclists and drivers; the 20-metre bascule span opens up to five times daily from 1 April, each time for at most 15 minutes.
The bridge is open to pedestrians and cyclists and is easy to cross on foot or by bike. Boat travelers should check in advance when the movable span is scheduled to open, as passage is not always available on demand.
The bridge is a bascule bridge, not a swing bridge, and its 20-metre movable span opens up to five times daily from 1 April, each opening lasting at most 15 minutes. The 325-metre crossing carries the B110 and has a 6-metre-wide carriageway plus a 1.5-metre footpath and cycle path on its north side.
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