Lennetal bridge

The Lennetal Bridge spans 979.5 meters across the Lenne river valley, featuring dual steel box girders with reinforced concrete roadway decks for each direction.

The original structure from 1967 served traffic on the A45 motorway until 2013, when construction began on a replacement bridge to meet modern transportation needs.

The bridge represents German engineering excellence through its integration with the Sauerlandlinie motorway network, connecting communities across North Rhine-Westphalia.

The bridge carries six lanes of traffic on the A45 motorway, with noise protection walls extending 3.5 meters high along both sides to reduce sound for nearby residents.

In March 2021, engineers moved the 30,000-tonne structure laterally across a distance of nearly one kilometer in just six hours, setting a record in German bridge construction.

Location: Hagen

Inception: 1967

GPS coordinates: 51.37970,7.52472

Latest update: September 23, 2025 16:45