Moselbrücke Remich-Nennig, International road bridge over the Moselle between Remich, Luxembourg, and Nennig, Germany
The Moselbrücke Remich-Nennig is a prestressed concrete road bridge at Moselle kilometre 233.43, linking Luxembourg's Route nationale 2 with Germany's Bundesstraße 406. Its cantilever deck runs 228.90 metres over six spans of 26.60, 25.30, three of 51.00 and 24.00 metres, carried on reinforced concrete piers of varying height.
A medieval bridge, first mentioned in 1462, preceded the current crossing. The 1866 stone arch bridge, 250.95 m long with nine 22 m arches, was financed by Remich and tolled until 1939. German troops blew it up in September 1944; American engineers built a temporary wooden bridge with Oregon timber. The present prestressed concrete bridge dates from 1959.
The bridge connects two countries and lets people from Luxembourg and Germany cross for daily purposes that would otherwise keep them apart. It is a place where commuters, shoppers, and visitors regularly travel between both sides of the river.
The bridge carries the Luxembourg N2 to the German B406 at Moselle kilometre 233.43. It was fully closed to traffic from 11 May to 27 October 2009 for repairs by the Saarland road authority. Customs posts stood on the German side after the new bridge was built.
The bridge lies in a shared German-Luxembourg condominium territory, so the border runs across it rather than beside it. Since the First World War the old crossing had customs posts on both sides; when the 1959 bridge was built, the customs buildings of both countries were placed on the German bank.
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