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List of bridges over the Rhine

This is a list of bridges over the River Rhine, both present and past.

The Rhine is divided into sections (from source to delta): Vorderrhein / Hinterrhein, Alpine Rhine (), Seerhein (between the lower and upper Lake Constance), High Rhine (), Upper Rhine (), Middle Rhine, Lower Rhine and Rhine delta. As a result of the straightening of the Alpine Rhine, there are now two cut-off river sections, both named Alter Rhein (), which are crossed by bridges.

List

This list includes both existing and former bridges over the Rhine, sorted by the sections of the river. Within each section, bridges are listed according to their sequence in direction of flow of the river. Railway bridges are marked with an *, tramway bridges with a #. Railway bridges, are listed with the nearest train stations on the left and right banks. Otherwise the two municipalities are given.

Vorderrhein

Hinterrhein

  • Switzerland. including the following rail bridges
  • *Between and on the Albula railway line (single tracked, electrified, gauge)
  • *Between and Reichenau-Tamins on the Reichenau-Tamins–Disentis/Mustér railway (single tracked, electrified, gauge)

Alpine Rhine

  • Switzerland
  • Tamins
  • Gas Pipeline Tamins
  • Domat/Ems
  • Reichenau Hydroelectric Plant
  • Felsberger Bridge
  • Chur
  • Waffenplatzstrasse Bridge (Chur military base)
  • Mabey-Johnson Bridge (Chur military base)
  • Pardisla Bridge (Pedestrian)
  • Haldenstein Bridge
  • Untervaz Bridge (Pedestrian)
  • *At Untervaz (industrial branch line, single tracked and non-electrified, combined 1005 mm and gauge)
  • Landquart
  • Pedestrian/Pipeline bridge
  • Bad Ragaz
  • Maienfeld Bridge
  • *Between and (double tracked, electrified, gauge)
  • Pedestrian/Pipeline bridge (private)
  • Fläsch Bridge
  • Liechtenstein and Switzerland
  • Wartau
  • Trübbach–Mäls Bridge (Pedestrian/Pipeline)
  • Trübbach–Balzers Bridge
  • Vaduz
  • Sri Chinmoy Peace Bridge
  • (Pedestrian)
  • Buchs–Vaduz Bridge (Pedestrian)
  • *Between and (single tracked, electrified)
  • Buchs–Schaan Bridge
  • VfA Energy Bridge (Pipes/Pedestrian)
  • Ruggell
  • Haag–Bendern Bridge
  • Sennwald–Ruggell Bridge
  • Austria and Switzerland
  • Hohenems
  • Lienz–Bangs Bridge
  • Oberriet–Meiningen Bridge
  • Montlingen–Koblach Bridge
  • *A total of two bridges of the Internationale Rheinregulierungsbahn (both single tracked, electrified, gauge, the southern bridge was dismantled in 2020)
  • Lustenau
  • (1914)
  • Pedestrian Bridge (planned)
  • Lustenau Bridge
  • *Between and (single tracked, electrified)

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  • Main course follows an artificial channel in Austria
  • Brugger Straße Bridge

Alter Rhein

Seerhein

High Rhine

Upper Rhine

Middle Rhine

Lower Rhine

Rhine delta

  • Netherlands (in the delta, the river splits and its name changes between places)

Main Channel to Rotterdam

Rail Bridges on other channels

  • *Between Rotterdam and Dordrecht, across Oude Maas, two bridges - (each double tracked, electrified)
  • *South of Rotterdam, 'HSL' tunnel below Oude Maas - (double tracked, electrified)
  • *South of Rotterdam, main bridge at Moerdijk across Hollands Diep - (double tracked, electrified)
  • *South of Rotterdam, 'HSL' second railway bridge - (double tracked, electrified, hi-speed)
  • *Near Alblasserdam, a tunnel below Noord (a branch near Rotterdam) - (two tracks, electrified; freight only: Rotterdam - Ruhr Area link-up 'Betuwelijn', built 2001-2006).
  • *Between Bemmel and Zevenaar, tunnel below Pannerdens Kanaal (1707 AD dug section of Rhine's second-largest delta branch) - (two tracks, electrified; freight only: Rotterdam - Ruhr Area link-up 'Betuwelijn', built 2001-2006)
  • *At Arnhem, across Nederrijn (Rhine delta, second-largest branch) - (two tracks, electrified)
  • *At Rhenen, across Nederrijn - former double tracked rail bridge, destroyed in World War II.
  • *Between Culemborg and Houten, across the Lek River (Rhine delta, second-largest branch farther downstream) - (two tracks, electrified)
  • *At Westervoort, across IJssel - (two tracks, electrified)
  • *At Zutphen, across IJssel (Rhine, third-largest branch) - (two tracks, electrified)
  • *At Deventer, across IJssel - (two tracks, electrified)
  • *At Zwolle, across IJssel, Older bridge - (two tracks, electrified)
  • *At Zwolle, across IJssel, Second bridge 'Hanzelijn' 2010 - (two tracks, electrified)
  • *Between Utrecht and Zeist, across Kromme Rijn (east of ) - (two tracks, electrified)
  • *At , across Vaartsche Rijn (canal) - (four tracks, electrified; building a second bridge with four more tracks is scheduled for 2011–2012)
  • *At Utrecht Centraal, across Oude Rijn (canalised into Leidschse Rijn) (fifteen tracks + platforms; electrified).
  • *Between Utrecht and Vleuten, Woerden, across Amsterdam Rijn-Canal - (four tracks, electrified)
  • *Between Utrecht and Breukelen, Amsterdam, across Amsterdam Rijn-Canal - (four tracks, electrified)
  • *At , across Oude Rijn, towards Utrecht - (two tracks, electrified)
  • *At Leiden, across Oude Rijn, towards Rotterdam - (four tracks, electrified)

Strategic bridges

The bridges at Huningue, Rastatt, Rüdesheim (Hindenburgbrücke) and Remagen (Ludendorffbrücke), were built for strategic military reasons only, in order to allow the Imperial German Army and later on, the Wehrmacht, to quickly transport forces by rail to Germany's western border in the event of a war with France. Unlike other bridges built for the same purpose, such as the ones at Koblenz or Cologne, these bridges were of almost no use in peacetime and thus, were never rebuilt, after their destruction during the last months of World War II, except for the one at Rastatt, which was used to supply units of the French Army stationed in the area.

References

(in German)