Eisenbahnbrücke Anklam, Railway bridge in Anklam, Germany.
The Eisenbahnbrücke Anklam is a two-track, electrified bascule bridge over the Peene just north of Anklam station, at kilometre 176.10 of the Angermünde–Stralsund line. Each track has its own steel trough girder: a fixed span of 31.2 metres and a counterweight-free flap of 20.0 metres, raised hydraulically by two cylinders to a maximum angle of 54.5°.
The first bridge was built in 1863 by the Berlin-Stettiner Railway Company as a manually operated rotating structure. The current facility with modern lifting cylinders was constructed between 2012 and 2013 as a complete replacement.
The bridge's movable span follows the Scherzer rolling-lift principle of the American engineer William Donald Scherzer, built from 1907 and among the oldest surviving bridges of this type in Germany. When the 2013 replacement was built, one of the two movable spans was set up beside it as a technical monument, so the old and new lifting spans stand side by side.
The bridge operates daily and accommodates both train traffic and boat passages on the Peene. You can watch the lifting mechanisms in action from nearby riverbank areas when vessels need to pass through.
The two bridge halves operate completely independently, allowing trains to continue crossing on one side while only the other lifts for boat traffic. This independent operation is a practical solution that keeps railway service running even when water traffic passes.
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