Hackerbrücke

The hackers Bridge is a road bridge in Munich. Takes you over the railway tracks leading up to the Munich main train station.

Description

The arch bridge has six curved beams with a span of 28.4 m, the arc height is just under eight meters.

Location

The hackers bridge connects the Landsberger Strasse in the West End district of the south with the Arnulf Street north of the track apron Munich Central Station and so with the former Champ de Mars in the Maxvorstadt. The access road to both ends of the bridge is called Grasserstraße. The bridge itself is located in the district of Louis suburb.

History and Technology

The hackers bridge was built in 1890-1894 by the Maschinenfabrik Augsburg -Nürnberg and is one of the few remaining steel arch bridges of the 19th century in Germany. During World War II it was partially destroyed and reconstructed in 1953. A thorough restoration was carried out 1983-1984, the structure was not changed in this case. The bridge is a so-called bow- string bridge, the roadway is suspended from the truss arches which rest on the bridge piers. The Horizontalzugkräfte occurring at the sheets are picked up by a extending to about head height of tie.

The predecessor of today's bridge was completed in 1870 autumn road bridge in simple iron truss structure just east of today's hackers bridge. Previously here was a level equal level crossing.

Its name from the bridge by the bridge at the southern end between Bayer and road -existent until the late 1980s Hacker-Pschorr Brewery.

Traffic

Up until the 1970s was the hacker bridge for individual existential. She was one of the few truly powerful connections near the city center, which eased the separation by the track field München Hbf.

The construction of the Middle ring, in particular by Donnersbergerbrücke and defuse the Karlsplatz (Stachus ) through the opening of the pedestrian zone, the traffic pressure was reduced markedly. Nevertheless, the hacker bridge is today an important north -south connection through the track field.

Since 1972, the Munich train station is at the Hackerbrucke also built Hackerbrucke the S- Bahn route as the last overground train station before the tunnel of the S- Bahn route. North (line 16 and 17) and south (line 18 and 19), the hacker bridge can be seen after a short walk, change to tram. In addition, located on an area at the northern end of the bridge of hacker Central Bus Station Munich (ZOB ) for the coach transport.

During the Oktoberfest the station has an important function to transport the Oktoberfest visitors. The hackers bridge is then locked in the evenings and on weekends to car traffic.

They can also be seen in the opening credits of the television series SOKO 5113.