Swinemünder Brücke, Steel road bridge in Gesundbrunnen, Germany.
The Swinemünder Brücke is a 228-metre riveted steel truss road bridge in Berlin-Gesundbrunnen, built 1902–1905 to plans by architect Bruno Möhring and engineer Friedrich Krause. It crosses the railway tracks east of Gesundbrunnen station on two masonry piers, above which rise 17-metre portal posts, linking Bellermannstraße with Swinemünder Straße.
The bridge was built between 1902 and 1905 and was Berlin's most expensive bridge at that time with a construction cost of one million marks. Its central section was destroyed during World War II and rebuilt in 1954 without its original decorative features.
The bridge is named after Swinemünder Straße, which in turn honours the Pomeranian port town of Swinemünde. Its nickname Millionenbrücke dates from its opening, when the structure cost one million marks, then the most expensive bridge in Berlin. The steel frame has repeatedly stood in for other crossings on screen.
The bridge connects Bellermann Street with Swinemünder Street, crossing railway facilities east of Gesundbrunnen station. Pedestrians and vehicles can cross it easily, and the area is well served by public transportation nearby.
Filmmakers use the bridge to stand in for the Bornholmer Straße border crossing and the Glienicke Bridge, which it resembles. Scenes from Funeral in Berlin, Das Wunder von Berlin and Bornholmer Straße were shot here. Just northeast stood the "Plumpe", Hertha BSC's home ground until 1962 and demolished in 1974.
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