Langebro

55.6702812.5788Koordinaten: 55 ° 40 ' 13 " N, 12 ° 34' 43.7 " E

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Inderhavnen, Port of Copenhagen

The Langebro ( German Long Bridge ) is a six-lane road bridge in the center of Copenhagen, which the Inderhavnen ( inner harbor ) leads and connects Zealand with Amager. In addition to the Knippelsbro provide, with over 62,000 vehicles per day (as of 1998) a main transport link between the two Danish islands represents the 252 meter long and 32 meter wide bridge consists of two hinged segments that can be opened if necessary for navigation. However, it is rare - and then only in the evening - opened to show consideration for the rush. In addition, the port activities have shifted in South Haven ( Sydhavn ) in other areas.

History

Precursor

First was the precursor Kallebobro, a three-meter wide wooden bridge, which was built on the initiative of the Danish King Christian V. 1686-1690. When constructed from military-strategic reasons bridge connecting two bastions on either side of the harbor, the name Langebro sat down over time ( Long Bridge ) by, as it was longer than the more northerly Knippelsbro.

In 1851, a new, wider wooden bridge was built, which was modernized in 1875 with two iron folding segments and 1903 again replaced by a new iron bridge. Although the 120 -meter long, 13 meter wide swing bridge bore the name of Christian IX 's d bro, but was also popularly called Langebro. Increasing traffic in the 1920s led to the construction of a successor, a combined road and railway bridge, which was completed after a year of construction 1930. During the German occupation the sabotage group BOPA committed ( Borgerlige Partisaner ) here end of March 1945 a bomb attack to prevent by 16 Danish merchant ships to export to the German Reich. The attack, in which several German and some Danish machinists lost their lives, the power house was destroyed, so that the bridge could not be put back after the war ended on October 1, 1945 in operation.

Today's bridge

Today's Langebro was opened after five years of construction on June 27, 1954 by the flaps closed and 50,000 pedestrians crossed the bridge. The work was carried out by the Danish construction company Christiani & Nielsen, a company in the construction of Munkholmbroen failed 1937. On the construction cost participated to two-thirds of the Københavns Kommune and one-third the Port Authority ( Københavns Havn ).

Painting by Christoffer Wilhelm Eckerberg from 1836 ( State Art Museum )

Bridge piers under the Langebro (July 2011)

Langebro in the open state (July 2005)

Langebro in the evening light (November 2010)

View from the Langebro northwest to the headquarters of Danisco (August 2006)

View from the Langebro the south of the district Islands Brygge (August 2007)