Potsdamer Brücke, Concrete bridge in Tiergarten, Germany

Potsdamer Brücke is a prestressed concrete beam road bridge built in 1966 in Berlin's Mitte district. It carries Potsdamer Straße, part of Bundesstraße 1, over the Landwehr Canal between Reichpietschufer and Schöneberger Ufer. The bridge lies in the axis of Potsdamer Straße, replacing an 1898 double bridge by James Hobrecht and Friedrich Krause.

A wooden footbridge over the Schaafgraben, on the road from Berlin to Potsdam, existed by the 15th century; the name Potsdamer Brücke appears on a map of 1723. When the Schaafgraben was enlarged into the Landwehrkanal between 1845 and 1850, a new bascule bridge replaced it, widened to 18.8 m in 1864 and given iron footwalks in 1874. The present prestressed concrete beam bridge dates from 1966.

The name Potsdamer Brücke appears on a map as early as 1723, when a wooden footbridge crossed the Schaafgraben on the road from Berlin to Potsdam. From 1772 to 1810 the name also belonged to a bridge over the Hornwerksgraben inside the city, kept alive by the surviving colonnades until about 1790. The present crossing carries Potsdamer Straße, part of Bundesstraße 1, between Reichpietschufer and Schöneberger Ufer.

Several bus lines including M29, M48, and M85 cross the bridge regularly, making it accessible by public transportation. Pedestrians and cyclists can also use it to move between the Tiergarten and nearby areas.

The name Potsdamer Brücke appears on a map as early as 1723, when a wooden footbridge crossed the Schaafgraben on the road to Potsdam. From 1898 a double bridge designed by city building officer James Hobrecht split at the canal's south bank to carry both Potsdamer Straße and Viktoriastraße, letting light reach the water below.