The Hackerbrücke (Hacker Bridge) is a road bridge across the main railway line in

Munich Munich is the capital and most populous city of Bavaria, Germany. As of 30 November 2024, its population was 1,604,384, making it the third-largest city in Germany after Berlin and Hamburg. Munich is the largest city in Germany that is no ...

immediately west of the town's

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. The first bridge was built at the beginning of the 1870s. In 1890-94 this was replaced by a new bridge, constructed by the Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg ("Augsburg-Nuremberg machine factory"). It was partially destroyed during the second world war and restored in 1952–3. Six iron arches, 28.8 metres wide and eight metres high, carry the road; pairs of stone pillars support the arches. The bridge gives its name to the

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station Hackerbrücke, which is beneath the bridge and can only be accessed from it.

References

*J. H. Biller and H.-P. Rasp, ''München, Kunst & Kultur'', Munich: Südwest, ed. 18, 2006, p. 155. Buildings and structures in Munich Maxvorstadt Road bridges in Germany Bridges in Bavaria Transport in Munich Bridges completed in 1894 1894 establishments in Bavaria {{Bavaria-struct-stub