Friedrich-Ebert-Brücke, Suspension bridge in Ruhrort, Duisburg, Germany

The Friedrich-Ebert-Brücke is a road bridge over the Rhine between Duisburg's Ruhrort and Homberg districts, carrying the L140 state road. It is a 599 m suspension bridge of the Zügelgurt type, with three main spans of 128.4 m, 285.5 m and 128.4 m. Its two steel pylons stand on concrete piers, and the deck has four lanes plus separate foot and cycle paths on both sides.

The bridge was built in 1954 after German forces destroyed the previous crossing in March 1945. The new construction allowed the region to restore a vital transportation link that the Rhine had interrupted between the two districts.

The bridge is named after Friedrich Ebert, the Social Democrat who became the first Reich President of the Weimar Republic. The name was given at its opening in December 1954. On the Ruhrort side, the Richard-Hindorf-Platz junction honours a local-born pioneer of sisal plantation farming in German East Africa.

The bridge offers lanes for traffic in both directions and has footpaths on both sides, making it accessible for different types of travel. The location can be explored on foot and provides views of the river and adjacent industrial areas from various vantage points.

The two surviving bridge towers stand on the Ruhrort bank, not on the bridge itself; they once housed offices where the bridge toll was collected, and colonnades linked them to the crossing. A curved double staircase led down to Fürst-Bismarck-Straße, enclosing a fountain with the legendary Ruhrort lion.