Corneliusbrücke, Road and arch bridge in Tiergarten, Berlin, Germany
The Corneliusbrücke is a road and arch bridge over the Landwehrkanal at canal kilometre 2.65, linking Corneliusstraße with Katharina-Heinroth-Ufer and Lützowufer in Tiergarten. Rebuilt in reinforced concrete in 1954/1955, it has a slightly curved deck, a 14 m navigation opening, six lanes and wide footpaths on both sides. Its green-painted iron railing carries only the bridge name and a panel with the construction years 1954/1955.
The bridge was built in 1875 and was fully reconstructed in 1955 following wartime damage. This rebuilding reflects Berlin's efforts to restore its infrastructure after World War II.
The bridge is named after Peter von Cornelius, a painter who worked on the artistic decoration of Berlin Cathedral. The name was given in 1901, a year after the bridge was widened to 19 metres. The bridge also appears in Ida Boy-Ed's 1915 novel Vor der Ehe.
The bridge carries six lanes of traffic plus wide footways on both sides, so pedestrians cross on dedicated paths. Boats pass beneath through a 14 m wide opening. The Reederei Riedel excursion boat operator has a boarding point right at the bridge, and the Korean Embassy sits on the canal's north bank.
The canal banks around the bridge, not the bridge itself, were secured with new sheet pile walls and fill by spring 2011. On 18 April 2011 workers removed the wire-and-concrete supports that had held leaning old trees along the Lützowufer since the late 1990s. The trees, planted around 1884, had tilted as the canal walls loosened.
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