Müngsten Bridge

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Müngsten Bridge is Germany’s highest railway bridge, a historic steel arch structure spanning the Wupper River between Remscheid and Solingen in North Rhine-Westphalia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic structure
railway bridge
steel arch bridge
constructionMethod riveted steel construction
constructionStartDate 1893
country Germany
crosses Wupper River
linked to: Wupper
designedFor railway traffic
hasAccess reachable via hiking trails
hasCulturalSignificance regional landmark of Bergisches Land
hasEngineeringSignificance major example of late 19th-century steel arch bridge engineering
hasNearbyAttraction Brückenpark Müngsten
hasNearbyFacility recreational area
viewing platforms
hasTourismFunction tourist attraction
hasUse freight rail
passenger rail
hasViewOver Wupper valley
linked to: Wupper basin
heightAboveValley about 107 metres
heritageStatus listed monument
isHighestRailwayBridgeIn Germany
locatedBetween Remscheid
Solingen
locatedIn North Rhine-Westphalia
locatedInMunicipality Remscheid
Solingen
locatedInState North Rhine-Westphalia
mainSpanLength about 170 metres
maintenance subject to periodic renovation
material steel
namedAfter Müngsten
numberOfTracks 2
openingDate 1897
originalName Kaiser-Wilhelm-Brücke
owner Deutsche Bahn
partOf German railway network
railwayLine Wuppertal–Solingen railway
region Bergisches Land
structureType arch bridge
totalLength about 465 metres
trafficType rail

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