Rügendamm

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New Rügenbrücke (front) and the Rügendamm
New Rügenbrücke (front) and the Rügendamm

Rügendamm is the name of a road and rail bridge connecting the German island Rügen with the city of Stralsund on the mainland of the German state Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

The Bridge was built in the 1930s and opened in October 1936.

The Rügendamm consists of three parts:

  • Strelasundbrücke is the part which is actually a bridge over the Strelasund; its length is 1.8 km
  • Road and a rail track on the isle Dänholm, connecting the two bridges and
  • Ziegelgrabenbrücke, a bascule bridge over the Ziegelgraben. This bridge was opened three times a day to allow a passage for taller ships, what lead to huge traffic jams.

Thus in 2004, building of a new bridge was started, called the 2nd Strelasundquerung. The new bridge has been opened on October 20th, 2007, by the German chancellor Angela Merkel. The name of this new bridge is Rügenbrücke (Rügen bridge). The connection has a length of 4.1 km, the new bridge is 2831 meters long and the center pylon is 128 meters high.

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Coordinates: 54°18′45″N, 13°06′51″E

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