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Nibelungen Bridge. In 1964 the city expanded the bridge from 2 to 4 lanes by eliminating the pedestrian and bicycle lanes. In 1997 this gradually proved to be a problem, since that year the Stone Bridge was closed to private traffic and thus the
Nibelungen Bridge had to accommodate almost 50,000 vehicles per day. Increasing damage to the steel structure required heavy freight to avoid the bridge. Repairs were thus not worthwhile, so planning for a new bridge began in 2001.
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closed for 4 weeks while the bridge pillars were extended 10 m and rails installed in preparation for shifting the old bridge. Buses were nonetheless able to continue to use the northern half of the bridge except on the moving day itself. Moving began on 8 August; on 30 August 2001, the entire length of the bridge reopened after the move.
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Immediately after the end of the war, work began on clearing rubble and establishing ferry service between Weichs and the Lower Wöhrd to carry traffic; a pontoon bridge was later put in place. In 1950 a replacement bridge, only slightly changed from Fick's design, was opened to traffic and named the
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250:, an extremely durable stone, for the eagle but was required to use granite. He began work over a year late; when the bridge was dedicated, the eagle was not yet ready and was ineptly added to the official photographs by retouching. When completed in 1939, the 9-metre eagle weighed 12
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Nibelungen Bridge. However, this alleviated the traffic problems only slightly because it could not be used by heavy vehicles.
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