The Lindaunis Bridge ( da, Lindånæsbroen) is a

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crossing the

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, an

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of the

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, at one of its narrowest parts. The bridge thereby connects the

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and

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regions. The steel bridge, that has been declared a monument in 1997, opened to traffic on 17 July 1927. The bridge is special in the sense that it is used

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by the hourly local train travelling along the Kiel-Flensburg railway, and by car traffic. The bridge opens at most once every hour for ships.

History

The predecessor of the current bridge was built in 1881 and replaced in 1927 because the passage was not wide enough. The bridge consisted of two bowstring arch truss superstructures with a symmetric

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in the middle.

Replacement for the bridge

Due to frequent defects and because of the bridge is undersized for the increasing traffic it will be replaced by a new bridge. It will be also a bascule bridge with tracks on the road but there will be two lanes with a separated sidewalk and bike path.

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Bascule bridges Road-rail bridges Bridges completed in 1927 Transport in Schleswig-Holstein Road bridges in Germany Railway bridges in Germany {{Germany-bridge-struct-stub