List of crossings of the Danube

This is a list of crossings of the Danube river, from its source in Germany to its mouth in the Black Sea. Next to each bridge listed is information regarding the year in which it was constructed and for what use it was constructed (foot bridge, bicycle bridge, road bridge or railway bridge), and the distance from the mouth of the river in kilometres where available. Bridges not primarily intended for public use but which have limited access (generally only in the daytime and only for bicycle and foot traffic) are included.

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Crossings

Crossing Distance Carries Location Built Coordinates

Germany

Donaueschingen road bridge Bundesstraße 27 Brigach-Breg
2,710 km (1,680 mi) Nendingen 1902
Munderkingen 1893
Oberdischingen/Ersingen road bridge 2,602.55 km (1,617.15 mi) k7412 Ulm/Neu-Ulm
Ersingen weir 2,600.83 km (1,616.08 mi)
Road bridge 2,600.79 km (1,616.06 mi) Im Ried
bicycle/pedestrian bridge 2,599.01 km (1,614.95 mi) Laupheimer Straße
Railway bridge 2,598.99 km (1,614.94 mi)
Road bridge 2,598.20 km (1,614.45 mi) Donaustraße
Road bridge over Danube Canal Im Ried
Field path crossing over Danube Canal
Railway bridge over Danube Canal
Field path crossing over Danube Canal
Road bridge over Danube Canal Donaustraße
Field path crossing over Danube Canal Reprechweg
Power plant crossing over Danube Canal (with disused sluice) 2595.8 km2,595.8 km (1,613.0 mi)
Donaustetten road bridge 2,595.44 km (1,612.73 mi)
Gögglingen road bridge 2,593.63 km (1,611.61 mi)
Gronne footbridge 2,591.26 km (1,610.13 mi)
Kast Bridge 2,590.78 km (1,609.84 mi)
Footbridge at Wiblingen hydro-power station 2,589.16 km (1,608.83 mi)
Adenauer Bridge 2,586.60 km (1,607.24 mi) Bundesstraße 10
Adenauer Bridge footbridge 2,586.58 km (1,607.23 mi)
Railway bridge 2,586.20 km (1,606.99 mi)
Herd Bridge 2,585.50 km (1,606.56 mi)
Gänstor Bridge 2,584.90 km (1,606.18 mi)
Friedrichsau footbridge 2,583.50 km (1,605.31 mi)
Böfinger Halde hydro-power station, with sluice 2,581.60 km (1,604.13 mi)
Thalfingen road bridge 2,579.00 km (1,602.52 mi)
Leibi–Oberelchingen road bridge 2,576.00 km (1,600.65 mi)
Oberelchingen hydro-power station (no public crossing, with sluice) 2,575.00 km (1,600.03 mi)
Motorway bridge with footbridge 2,574.90 km (1,599.97 mi) Bundesautobahn 7
Leipheim hydro-power station (no public crossing, with sluice) 2,568.50 km (1,595.99 mi) Günzburg
Leipheim motorway bridge 2,567.51 km (1,595.38 mi) Bundesautobahn 8 2001
Leipheim road bridge (direct boat to train access) 2,566.50 km (1,594.75 mi)
Power station
Road bridge Heidenheimer Straße (Günzburg–Niederstotzingen)
Road bridge Bundesstraße 16
Road bridge at Reisensburg
Hydro-power station (no public crossing) Offingen
Railway bridge Neuoffingen-Donauwörth line
Road bridge Gundelfingen-Offingen road
Faimingen hydro-power station Lauingen
Road bridge Lauingen-Gundremmingen road
Road bridge Lauingen east bypass
Hydro-power station Dillingen an der Donau
Road bridge Dillingen-Holzheim road
Road bridge Höchstädt-Wertingen road Höchstädt an der Donau
Road bridge Donaumünster/Erlingshofen-Rettingen (Mertingen, Wertingen) Donaumünster/Erlingshofen
Road bridge 2007[1]
Marxheim Danube Bridge Marxheim
Bertoldsheim weir
Bittenbrunn weir Neuburg an der Donau
Elisa Bridge
Bergheim weir
Dam Ingolstadt
Glacis Bridge 1996-98 48° 45′ 24″ N, 11° 25′ 28″ E
Konrad Adenauer Bridge
Danube footbridge
Ingolstadt railway bridge 1869, 1999-2001 48° 45′ 51.6″ N, 11° 26′ 13.7″ E
Schiller Bridge
Motorway bridge A9 Bundesautobahn 9
Großmehring road bridge
Pförring road bridge
Vohburg weir Vohburg an der Donau
Agnes Bernauer Bridge
Road bridge bypassing town centre
Road bridge 2,432.40 km (1,511.42 mi) Bundesstraße 299 Neustadt an der Donau
Kelheim Maximilian Bridge 2,414.25 km (1,500.15 mi) Kelheim
Kelheim Europa Bridge 2,412.72 km (1,499.19 mi) 1977
Saal road bridge (north branch) 2,410.10 km (1,497.57 mi)
Poikam railway bridge 2,401.96 km (1,492.51 mi) Danube Valley Railway
Bad Abbach barrier bridge 2,400.24 km (1,491.44 mi)
Sinzing motorway bridge 2,387.60 km (1,483.59 mi) Bundesautobahn 3 Regensburg 1961-66
Sinzing railway bridge 2,386.71 km (1,483.03 mi) Danube Valley Railway
Mariaort railway bridge 2,385.68 km (1,482.39 mi) Nuremberg–Regensburg line 1872
Pfaffenstein motorway bridge 2,381.11 km (1,479.55 mi) Bundesautobahn 93 1963-67
Regensburg hydro-power station 2,381.00 km (1,479.48 mi) footbridge
Upper Palatinate Bridge across Rhine–Main–Danube Canal 2,380.17 km (1,478.97 mi)
Pfaffenstein footbridge, between island (Wöhrd) and Stadtamhof
Iron footbridge to island (Wöhrd)
Regensburg Stone Bridge 1135–1146
Protzenweiher bridge across Rhine-Main-Danube Canal (now closed to traffic) 2,379.56 km (1,478.59 mi)
Iron bridge
Gries foot and bicycle bridge between island (Wöhrd) and Stadtamhof
Nibelungen Bridge 2,378.39 km (1,477.86 mi) 1935–1938; 1950; 2001–04
Schwabelweis railway bridge 2,376.82 km (1,476.89 mi) Regensburg-Hof line 1933, by the Johann Wilhelm Spaeth engineering firm
Schwabelweis road bridge 2,376.32 km (1,476.58 mi) Bundesstraße 8, Bundesstraße 15 1979-81
Donaustauf road bridge 2,369.65 km (1,472.43 mi) Bavarian State Route 2145 1985
Wörth Danube Bridge 2,358.27 km (1,465.36 mi) Bundesautobahn 3 1977-79
Pfatter road bridge 2,353.33 km (1,462.29 mi) Bavarian State Route 2146
road bridge 2,321.82 km (1,442.71 mi) Straubing west bypass Straubing
Agnes Bernauer Bridge 2,320.00 km (1,441.58 mi) Bavarian State Route 2141 (old B20)
Schloßbrücke Chamer Straße, Bavarian State Route 2141
Reibersdorf road bridge 2,316.98 km (1,439.70 mi) Bundesstraße 20 1974-77
Bogen railway bridge 2,311.28 km (1,436.16 mi) Straubing-Miltach line
Bogen road bridge (Franz Xaver Hafner Bridge) 2,308.40 km (1,434.37 mi)
Metten motorway bridge 2,290.12 km (1,423.01 mi) Bundesautobahn 3 Deggendorf 1978-81
Deggendorf railway bridge 2,285.87 km (1,420.37 mi) Bavarian Forest Railway 1877
Fischerdorf motorway bridge 2,285.50 km (1,420.14 mi) Bundesautobahn 92 1988-91
Maximilian Bridge, Deggendorf 2,284.60 km (1,419.58 mi)
Deggenau motorway bridge 2,282.50 km (1,418.28 mi) Bundesautobahn 3 1970-75
Danube Forest Bridge 2,266.22 km (1,408.16 mi) Passau valley
Vilshofen road bridge 2,249.16 km (1,397.56 mi)
Schalding motorway bridge 2,234.26 km (1,388.30 mi) Bundesautobahn 3 1969-73
Kachlet power station 2,230.43 km (1,385.92 mi) pedestrian/bicycle path
Kachlet Bridge 2,230.28 km (1,385.83 mi) Ilz Valley Railway
Franz Josef Strauß Bridge 2,230.10 km (1,385.72 mi) Bundesstraße 388
Schanzl Bridge 2,226.98 km (1,383.78 mi) 1968-70
Luitpold Bridge 2,225.75 km (1,383.02 mi) 1910
Kräutlstein Bridge 2,223.29 km (1,381.49 mi) Passau–Hauzenberg railway
Jochenstein power station openable bridge (southern part in Austria) 2,203.31 km (1,369.07 mi) pedestrian/bicycle path

Austria

Niederranna Danube bridge 2,194.0 km (1,363.3 mi) Niederranna-Wesenufer road 1980
Aschach Danube bridge 2,160.0 km (1,342.2 mi) road Eferding Basin 1964
Ottensheim-Wilhering power station 2,146.7 km (1,333.9 mi) pedestrian/bicycle path
Nibelungen Bridge 2,135.1 km (1,326.7 mi) road, tram, pedestrians, bicycles Linz 1938-41 (previous bridges 1501, 1869)
Linz railway bridge 2,133.9 km (1,325.9 mi) railway, road, pedestrians - to be closed in 2012[2] 1900
VÖEST Bridge 2,133.5 km (1,325.7 mi) Mühlkreis Autobahn (A7), bicycle path 1968-72
Steyregg Danube bridge 2,127.7 km (1,322.1 mi) street Steyregg 1979
railway bridge 2,127.6 km (1,322.0 mi) 1873
Abwinden-Asten power station 2,119.6 km (1,317.1 mi) pedestrian/bicycle path
Mauthausen Danube bridge 2,111.1 km (1,311.8 mi) street Mauthausen 1962
railway bridge 2,111.1 km (1,311.8 mi) Danube Bank Railway 1872
Wallsee-Mitterkirchen power station 2,094.5 km (1,301.5 mi) Wallsee 1968 48° 10′ 0″ N, 14° 41′ 42″ E
Engineer Helbich Bridge (until 2006 Grein Danube bridge) 2,080.8 km (1,292.9 mi) road Grein 1968
Persenbeug Danube bridge (Ybbs-Persenbeug power station) 2,060.4 km (1,280.3 mi) Persenbeug 1959
Pöchlarn Danube bridge 2,043.6 km (1,269.8 mi) road, pedestrian/bicycle path Pöchlarn 2002
Melk power station 2,038.0 km (1,266.4 mi) pedestrian/bicycle crossing Melk
road bridge 2,034.5 km (1,264.2 mi) 1972
road bridge 2,003.6 km (1,245.0 mi) road, pedestrian/bicycle path Mautern an der Donau 1895, rebuilt 1945
railway bridge 2,001.5 km (1,243.7 mi) Krems an der Donau 1889
St. Pölten Bridge 1,999.8 km (1,242.6 mi) Kremser Straße (B37), pedestrian/bicycle path 1971
Traismauer Danube motorway bridge (St. George's Bridge) Krems Expressway (S33), pedestrian/bicycle path Tulln Basin 2007-present, due to open 2010 48° 22′ 59″ N, 15° 43′ 23″ E
Altenwörth power station 1,980.4 km (1,230.6 mi) pedestrian/bicycle crossing
Rose Bridge 1,965.4 km (1,221.2 mi) B19 Tulln Road Tulln 1992-96 48° 20′ 4″ N, 16° 1′ 39″ E
railway bridge 1,963.2 km (1,219.9 mi) 1875 48° 20′ 7″ N, 16° 3′ 32″ E
Old Danube Bridge 1,963.2 km (1,219.9 mi) 1950 48° 20′ 7″ N, 16° 3′ 32″ E
Greifenstein power station 1,949.2 km (1,211.2 mi) pedestrian/bicycle crossing 48° 21′ 15″ N, 16° 14′ 30″ E
Barrier dam (across New Danube) 1,938.1 km (1,204.3 mi) pedestrian/bicycle crossing between Langenzersdorf and the Danube Island Vienna Valley 1975 48° 17′ 54.2″ N, 16° 20′ 52.3″ E
Jedlesee Bridge (across New Danube) pedestrian/bicycle crossing Vienna 1983
North Bridge 1,932.6 km (1,200.9 mi) feeder road for Danube Bankside Autobahn A22 1962-64, replacing 1872 bridge 48° 15′ 18″ N, 16° 22′ 48″ E
Steinitz Footbridge, formerly North Footbridge 1,932.5 km (1,200.8 mi) pedestrian and bicycle path 1995 48° 15′ 18″ N, 16° 22′ 51″ E
Floridsdorf Bridge 1,931.7 km (1,200.3 mi) Floridsdorfer Straße B226, tramway, pedestrian/bicycle path 1924, replacing 1874 Franz Joseph Bridge; rebuilt 1945-46 48° 14′ 51″ N, 16° 23′ 7″ E
North Railway Bridge 1,931.2 km (1,200.0 mi) railway crossing between Brigittenau and Floridsdorf, non-public footbridge 1957, replacing 1874 48° 14′ 39″ N, 16° 23′ 22″ E
Georg Danzer Bridge 1,931.2 km (1,200.0 mi) Vienna U-Bahn line U6, pedestrian/bicycle path 1991-96 48° 14′ 38″ N, 16° 23′ 23″ E
Brigittenau Bridge 1,930.4 km (1,199.5 mi) Klosterneuburger Straße B14, pedestrian/bicycle path 1982 48° 14′ 16″ N, 16° 23′ 40″ E
Ponte Cagrana pontoon bridge (across New Danube) pedestrian/bicycle access, closed in winter and high water 2000 48° 13′ 50.3″ N, 16° 24′ 33.9″ E
Reichsbrücke 1,928.9 km (1,198.6 mi) Angerner Straße (B 8), pedestrian/bicycle path (upper level), Vienna U-Bahn line U1 (lower level) 1872-76 (replacing 1937, 1980) 48° 13′ 42″ N, 16° 24′ 36″ E
Kaisermühlen Bridge (across New Danube) pedestrian/bicycle path 1993 48° 13′ 21.5″ N, 16° 25′ 11.7″ E
Weir 1 (across New Danube) 1,926.2 km (1,196.9 mi) pedestrian/bicycle path 1978 48° 12′ 42.1″ N, 16° 26′ 13.1″ E
Donaustadt Bridge 1,926.0 km (1,196.8 mi) 1996-97 southbound vehicles relieving Prater Bridge; 1997-2006 buses; from October 2010, Vienna U-Bahn line U2 1995-97 48° 12′ 34″ N, 16° 26′ 11″ E
Prater Bridge 1,925.8 km (1,196.6 mi) Vienna Southeast Bypass motorway A23 1967-70, widened and raised 1996-97 48° 12′ 25.5″ N, 16° 26′ 11.2″ E
Stadtlau East Railway Bridge (formerly Stadtlau State Railway Bridge) 1,925.0 km (1,196.1 mi) railway line 1931-32 (replacing 1870) 48° 12′ 6″ N, 16° 26′ 39″ E
Steinsporn Bridge (New Danube) pedestrian/bicycle path 1974 48° 11′ 36.4″ N, 16° 27′ 50.7″ E
Freudenau hydro-power station 1,921.1 km (1,193.7 mi) covered pedestrian/bicycle path with viewing platform 1992-98 48° 10′ 36″ N, 16° 28′ 52″ E
Waluliso Bridge pontoon bridge (across New Danube) pedestrian/bicycle access, closed in winter and high water 1998 48° 10′ 32.7″ N, 16° 29′ 28.3″ E
Weir 2 (across New Danube) 1,918.3 km (1,192.0 mi) pedestrian/bicycle path 1988 48° 9′ 48.3″ N, 16° 30′ 43.5″ E
Mannswörth pipeline bridge 1,917.7 km (1,191.6 mi) 20 pipes for natural gas and liquid petroleum products, non-public footbridge 1959-61 48° 9′ 28″ N, 16° 30′ 58″ E
Barbara pipeline bridge 1,914.4 km (1,189.6 mi) natural gas pipeline 1957 48° 8′ 27″ N, 16° 33′ 10″ E
Road bridge 1,886.2 km (1,172.0 mi) Bad Deutsch-Altenburg 1972

Slovakia

Lafranconi Bridge (Most Lafranconi) Motorway D2 (Slovakia), bicycle and pedestrian path, water and gas pipes Bratislava 1992
New Bridge (Nový most) road bridge, bicycles, pedestrians 1967-72
Old Bridge (Starý most) street, with wooden pedestrian path; disused rail line 1946, replacing 1891 Franz Joseph Bridge (most Františka Jozefa - originally a railway bridge)
Apollo Bridge (Most Apollo) street 2003-05
Harbour Bridge (Prístavný most) D1 Motorway, Bratislava–Hegyeshalom railway line, bicycle and pedestrian paths 1977-85
Gabčíkovo hydro-power station road Gabčíkovo 1991-96

Slovakian-Hungarian border

Vámosszabadi Bridge road Medveďovo / Vámosszabadi
Komárom Rail Bridge rail Komárom / Komárno 1910/1955
Erzsébet Bridge road Komárom / Komárno 1910/1955
Mária Valéria bridge road ŠtúrovoEsztergom 1895/1922/2001

Hungary

Megyeri Bridge formerly Northern M0 Danube bridge M0 motorway north Budakalász-Budapest 2008
Northern Rail Bridge (Északi vasúti híd) Budapest-Esztergom suburban railway line Budapest 1896/1955/2008
Árpád Bridge Róbert Károly Boulevard/Hungária Boulevard – Flórián Square 1950/1984
Margaret Bridge (Margit híd) Grand Boulevard – Margit Boulevard 1876
Kossuth Bridge (dismantled 1960) Batthyány SquareKossuth Square 1945
Széchenyi Chain Bridge (Széchenyi lánchíd) 1849/1949
Elisabeth Bridge (Erzsébet híd) 1903/1964
Liberty Bridge (Szabadság híd) 1896
Petőfi Bridge Grand Boulevard 1937
Lágymányosi Bridge Könyves Kálmán Boulevard/Hungária Boulevard 1995
Southern Railway bridge (Déli összekötő vasúti híd) Several MÁV line 1873/1913/1953
Southern (Hárosi) M0 Bridge (Deák Ferenc, Soroksári híd) M0 motorway 1990
Pentele bridge 1,682 km (1,045 mi) M8 motorway Dunaújváros 2007
Beszédes József Bridge 1,560.55 km (969.68 mi) Road 54 SoltDunaföldvár 1928-1930
Szent László Bridge 1,498.80 km (931.31 mi) M9 motorway Szekszárd 2003
Stephan Türr Bridge (Türr István híd) 1,480.22 km (919.77 mi) Road 55 Baja 1906-1908

Serbian-Croatian Border

Road bridge BatinaBezdan
Road bridge ErdutBogojevo
Railway bridge ErdutBogojevo
Road bridge 1,297 km (806 mi) IlokBačka Palanka

Serbia

Liberty Bridge, Novi Sad (Most Slobode) 1,257.6 km (781.4 mi) Road bridge Novi Sad 2005
Varadin Bridge (Varadinski most) 1,255 km (780 mi) Road bridge 2000
Road-Railway Bridge 1,255 km (780 mi) Road and railway bridge 2000
Beška Bridge 1,232 km (766 mi); At 50 m high it is the tallest bridge over the Danube. European route E75 Beška 1975
Beška 2 Bridge 1,232 km (766 mi); Identical twin bridge to Beška Bridge, only 4 meters downstream, to double traffic capacity. European route E75 Beška October 3 2011
Zemun-Borča Bridge (Kineski most) Road bridge Belgrade construction begins in late 2011, due to open in 2014
Pančevo Bridge (Pančevački most) Road and railway bridge Belgrade 1946
Kovin Bridge 1,112.1 km (691.0 mi) Street bridge Smederevo–Kovin 1976

Romanian-Serbian border

Iron Gate I dam 945 km (587 mi) Road Iron Gate 1972
Trajan's Bridge Road Drobeta-Turnu Severin / Kladovo (built in Roman times)
Iron Gate II dam - Ostrovul Mare Bridge 863 km (536 mi) Road 1984 / 1998 (for the crossing bridge)

Bulgarian-Romanian border

Danube Bridge 2 796 km (495 mi) E79, Corridor IV Road and railway Vidin / Calafat under construction, due to open 2012
Oryahovo-Bechet Bridge Road Oryahovo / Bechet Planned
Constantine's Bridge Roman road Oescus / Celei 328, destroyed mid-4th century
Hydro-power complex Nikopol-Turnu Măgurele 578 km (359 mi) Road and railway Nikopol / Turnu Măgurele Proposed [3]
Danube Bridge 488.70 km (303.66 mi) E70, E85, Corridor IX Road and railway Rousse / Giurgiu 1954
Hydro-power complex Silistra-Călăraşi 380 km (240 mi) Road and railway Silistra / Călărași Planned [4]

Romania

Anghel Saligny Bridge 300.00 km (186.41 mi) Railway CernavodăFeteşti 1895
Cernavodă Bridge 300.07 km (186.45 mi) A2-The Sun Motorway and railway CernavodăFeteşti 1987
Giurgeni – Vadu Oii Bridge 238 km (148 mi) European route E60 GiurgeniHârşova 1970

River source: convergence at (?)

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This article includes information translated from the German-language Wikipedia article de:Liste der Donaubrücken. The German-language article cites the following sources: