Kennedybrücke - Bremerhaven, Bremen, Germany
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kaschper69
N 53° 32.308 E 008° 35.209
32U E 472617 N 5932252
The Kennedybrücke (EN: Kennedy Bridge) and the flood barrier in Bremerhaven are a combined hydraulic structure. The bascule bridge leads over the Geeste. The barrage protects the city from flooding by storm surges.
Waymark Code: WMRCE7
Location: Bremen, Germany
Date Posted: 06/08/2016
Views: 30
Only slightly downstream from the Old Geestebrücke (EN: Old Geeste bridge), the Kennedy Bridge was built in 1960. As a leaf bascule bridge with six lanes, it relieves the Old Geeste bridge (and downtown). With their bright drive-through width of 24 m, it allows the waterway to the now disused shipyards on the Geeste and the Elbe-Weser waterway. The bridge is 28.4 meters wide. The bridge flap is 29.3 m long and can be up to 9 Beaufort folded by machine. After the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963, the bridge received its name.
Waymark Type: Named place or building
Address:
B 212
Bremerhaven, Bremen Germany
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