Hindenburg Bridge

The Hindenburg Bridge (German: Hindenburgbrücke) was a railway bridge over the Rhine between Rüdesheim in the German state of Hesse and Bingen-Kempten state of Rhineland-Palatinate, named in 1918 after Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg, later German President. The bridge was put in service in 1915, destroyed in the Second World War and never rebuilt.

Hindenburg Bridge
Sketch of location from 1925
Overview
Line number3514
LocaleHesse and Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Termini
  • Rüdesheim
  • Bingen (Rhein), formerly Bk Rochusberg
Technical
Line length6.7 km (4.2 mi)
Route map

from Wiesbaden
26.2
Geisenheim
28.6
30.3
Rüdesheim
32.8
Former Hindenburg Bridge
Rhine
Left Rhine line from Mainz
Gau-Algesheim
(section shown incomplete)
Ockenheim
34.8
Bingen (Stadt)
38.4
Nahe
Bingen Hbf
Left Rhine line to Koblenz
(section shown incomplete)
Nahe
Bad Kreuznach freight yard
51.5
Bad Kreuznach
Nahe
55.5
Bad Münster am Stein
Nahe Valley line to Saarbrücken
and Glan Valley Railway to Homburg (Saar)
Source: German railway atlas

Since 2002 the remains of the Hindenburg bridge has been the easternmost point of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Upper Middle Rhine Valley.

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