Kanzleramtssteg, Concrete bridge at Federal Chancellery, Berlin, Germany.
The Kanzleramtssteg is a bridge over the Spree between the Lutherbrücke and Moltkebrücke, at Spree kilometre 14.1. Completed in 2001 with the Federal Chancellery, it carries an upper footpath and a lower roadway, crosses the river at 40 degrees, and links the fifth and sixth floors of the Chancellery to the north bank and the government helipad. Its north-western pier is non-linear: the lower flange passes beneath the upper bridge section, and vibration dampers limit torsional oscillation.
The Kanzleramtssteg was completed in 2001 together with the Federal Chancellery as part of the Band des Bundes, the new parliamentary and government buildings planned in the 1990s. It crosses the Spree between the Lutherbrücke and the Moltkebrücke at kilometre 14.1, mirroring the Marie-Elisabeth-Lüders-Steg. The 1990s competitions also foresaw a second crossing, the Magnus-Hirschfeld-Steg, which was not built for lack of funds; a bridge was only pushed into place there at the end of March 2026, still without an official name as of July 2026.
The Kanzleramtssteg is closed to the public; it links the fifth and sixth floors of the Federal Chancellery with the Chancellery Park and the government helicopter landing site on the north bank of the Spree. It forms the counterpart, symmetrical to the Marie-Elisabeth-Lüders-Steg, within the Band des Bundes.
The Kanzleramtssteg is not open to the public: it links the fifth and sixth floors of the Federal Chancellery with the north bank of the Spree and the government helicopter landing pad, and is reserved for members of the federal government and their guests. Visitors can view it from the Spree promenade or from the nearby Lutherbrücke and Moltkebrücke, near Spree kilometre 14.1.
The bridge crosses the Spree at a 40-degree angle, and at its northwestern pier the lower flange passes beneath the upper deck, a non-linear layout that, together with installed vibration dampers, limits torsional oscillation in this open structure.
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