Suspension Bridges Crossing Lahn River

This is a list of all 7 bridges from the suspension bridge inventory crossing Lahn River. Please note that different rivers with the same name will be grouped together. For example, selecting 'Bear Creek' shows bridges across several different Bear Creeks. Also, similarly named rivers are grouped separately. For example, 'River Dee' (UK) bridges are grouped separately from 'Dee River' (Australia) bridges. Wherever you see a Bridgemeister ID number click it to isolate the bridge on its own page.

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1784: Chain

Weilburg, Germany - Lahn River
Bridgemeister ID:582 (added 2003-01-01)
Year Completed:1784
Name:Chain
Location:Weilburg, Germany
Crossing:Lahn River
References:PTS2
Use:Pipeline
Status:Replaced, 1888
Main Cables:Chain (iron)
Main Span:1 x 35 meters (114.8 feet)

Notes:

  • Carried a water pipeline with eight iron chains.

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1830: (suspension bridge)

Nassau, Germany - Lahn River
Bridgemeister ID:1667 (added 2005-03-20)
Year Completed:1830
Name:(suspension bridge)
Location:Nassau, Germany
Crossing:Lahn River
Coordinates:50.311559 N 7.796206 E
Maps:Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap
Principals:Lossen and Wolf
References:AAJ
Use:Vehicular
Status:Replaced, 1926
Main Cables:Chain (iron)
Suspended Spans:3
Main Span:1 x 74.8 meters (245.56 feet)
Side Spans:2 x 11.9 meters (38.88 feet)

Notes:

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Postcard, collection of Jochem Hollestelle

1926: Nassau

Nassau, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany - Lahn River
Bridgemeister ID:1133 (added 2004-01-16)
Year Completed:1926
Name:Nassau
Location:Nassau, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Crossing:Lahn River
Coordinates:50.311299 N 7.795710 E
Maps:Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap
References:AAJ
Use:Vehicular (two-lane)
Status:Removed, c. 2004
Main Cables:Riveted plate
Suspended Spans:1
Main Span:1 x 74.9 meters (245.75 feet)

Notes:

  • The "cables" of this bridge appear to have been steel plates riveted together. The deck is plate girder. Not surprisingly, recent photos of the bridge show it resting on two intermediate piers. AAJ describes the cables: "'laminated chains' made of flat iron plates, there being two such chains to a side, each of five plates riveted together."
  • Replaced 1830 (suspension bridge) - Nassau, Germany.
  • Replaced by 2005 Nassau - Nassau, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany.

External Links:

Postcard, collection of Jochem Hollestelle

2000: Luisa-Häuser

Marburg, Germany - Lahn River
Bridgemeister ID:1049 (added 2003-12-07)
Year Completed:2000
Name:Luisa-Häuser
Location:Marburg, Germany
Crossing:Lahn River
Coordinates:50.80873 N 8.7747 E
Maps:Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap
Principals:Gerdum and Breuer
Use:Footbridge
Status:In use (last checked: 2005)
Main Cables:Wire (steel)
Suspended Spans:2
Main Span:1 x 48.47 meters (159 feet)
Side Span:1
Deck width:3.5 meters

External Links:

Photo by Eckhard Bernstorff

2005: Nassau

Nassau, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany - Lahn River
Bridgemeister ID:2149 (added 2006-11-18)
Year Completed:2005
Name:Nassau
Location:Nassau, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Crossing:Lahn River
Coordinates:50.311773 N 7.796654 E
Maps:Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap
Principals:Schnorpfeil Bau GmbH, Ruffert & Partner
Use:Vehicular (two-lane, heavy vehicles), with walkway
Status:In use (last checked: 2019)
Main Cables:Eyebar (steel)
Suspended Spans:1
Main Span:1 x 75.5 meters (247.7 feet)
Deck width:10.7 meters
Characteristics:Self-anchored

Notes:

External Links:

Photo by Eckhard Bernstorff

2014: (footbridge)

Gießen, Germany - Lahn River
Bridgemeister ID:4753 (added 2020-06-27)
Year Completed:2014
Name:(footbridge)
Location:Gießen, Germany
Crossing:Lahn River
Coordinates:50.596327 N 8.671094 E
Maps:Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap
Use:Footbridge
Status:In use (last checked: 2019)
Main Cables:Wire (steel)
Suspended Spans:1
Main Span:1 x 49 meters (160.8 feet)

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(footbridge)

Löhnberg, Hessen, Germany - Lahn River
Bridgemeister ID:1510 (added 2004-10-09)
Name:(footbridge)
Location:Löhnberg, Hessen, Germany
Crossing:Lahn River
Coordinates:50.509968 N 8.276808 E
Maps:Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap
Use:Footbridge
Status:In use (last checked: 2005)
Suspended Spans:1
Main Span:1 x 57.5 meters (188.6 feet)
Side Spans:2
Deck width:2 meters
Characteristics:Self-anchored

Notes:

  • Self-anchored. The main "cables" of this bridge appear to be rigid rectangular steel members.
Photo by Eckhard Bernstorff


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