Anna Ebert Bridge, Stone arch bridge across Alte Elbe in Magdeburg, Germany
The Anna Ebert Bridge spans the Alte Elbe River with eleven uniform arches of clinker masonry and sandstone facing. The structure stretches 216 meters and connects Magdeburg with the opposite bank.
The bridge was built in 1882 and replaced wooden predecessor structures that had existed since 1422. This construction marked the shift from temporary wooden connections to a lasting stone crossing.
The bridge's ornamentation was designed in Renaissance style by Emil Hundrieser and Ernst Habs. Zodiac signs and coats of arms of German states once decorated it, and a large stone lion bearing a coat of arms still crowns the last northern pier on the Brückfeld side. Much of the figure decoration is lost or heavily weathered.
Since March 2012 cars have been limited to 30 km/h on the bridge. Trams ran at walking pace with a ban on passing until service ended on 3 September 2021; before the 2013 flood about 21,000 motor vehicles crossed daily.
Demolition chambers built into the 1882 bridge were packed with explosives in World War II and never cleared out. About 140 kilograms of TNT were only recovered in September 2016, more than 70 years after the war ended.
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