Hackerbrücke

Hackerbrücke

The Hackerbrücke (Hacker Bridge) is a road bridge across the main railway line in Munich immediately west of the town's central station.

The first bridge was built at the beginning of the 1870s. In 1890-94 this was replaced by a new bridge, constructed by the Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg ("Augsburg-Nuremberg machine factory"). It was partially destroyed during the second world war and restored in 1952-3. Six iron arches, 28.8 metres wide and eight metres high, carry the road; pairs of stone pillars support the arches. The bridge gives its name to the S-Bahn station Hackerbrücke, which is beneath the bridge and can only be accessed from it.

References

• J. H. Biller and H.-P. Rasp, München, Kunst & Kultur, Munich: Südwest, ed. 18, 2006, p. 155. ISBN 978-3-517-06977-7

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Coordinates: 48°8′30″N 11°32′54″E / 48.14167°N 11.54833°E / 48.14167; 11.54833