Regenbogenbrücke, Pedestrian bridge in Dorstfeld district, Dortmund, Germany.
The steel footbridge spans across the A40 motorway, connecting the Technical University of Dortmund with the German Occupational Safety Exhibition DASA.
The original structure from 1987 entered the Guinness Book of Records in 1990 as the first bridge with rainbow-colored illumination designed by Thomas Haagen.
The bridge features LED lights integrated into handrails displaying a sequence of seven colors, representing a spectrum visible from both traffic directions.
The current structure, built in 2008 for 1.2 million euros, provides a direct path for pedestrians and cyclists between educational institutions and residential areas.
The illumination system creates patterns of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet lights that reflect differently during varying weather conditions.
Location: Dortmund
GPS coordinates: 51.49730,7.41980
Latest update: March 3, 2025 20:18
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2.5 km
Stadion Rote Erde
2.5 km
DASA – Arbeitswelt Ausstellung
126 m
Hannibal (Dortmund-Dorstfeld)
370 m
Westpark
2.4 km
Dortmunder Union - Hauptverwaltungsgebäude
1.9 km
Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics
935 m
Tremoniapark
1.4 km
Nicolai Church
2.3 km
Hallerey
2.2 km
Haus Schulte-Witten
1.7 km
Zeche Dorstfeld
1.7 km
Borusseum
2.3 km
Althoffblock
2.1 km
Schnettkerbrücke
1.1 km
Fraunhofer Institute for Software and Systems Engineering
1.4 km
Olympiastützpunkt Westfalen
2 km
Ev. Kirche Dortmund-Dorstfeld
1.5 km
St. Margareta (Dortmund-Eichlinghofen)
2 km
Kaserne der Paulinenhütte
2.3 km
Margarethenkapelle, Klein-Barop
1 km
St. Barbara
1.9 km
St. Anna
2 km
Lutherkirche Barop
1.6 km
Jüdischer Friedhof
1.6 km
An der Panne
1.8 km
Landschaftsschutzgebiet Umfeld Universität Dortmund
1.6 km
Landschaftsschutzgebiet Marten-Oespel
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