The Passerelle, also known as the Luxembourg Viaduct, is a
viaduct
A viaduct is a specific type of bridge that consists of a series of arches, piers or columns supporting a long elevated railway or road. Typically a viaduct connects two points of roughly equal elevation, allowing direct overpass across a wide ...
in
Luxembourg City
Luxembourg (; ; ), also known as Luxembourg City ( or ; ; or ), is the capital city of Luxembourg and the Communes of Luxembourg, country's most populous commune. Standing at the confluence of the Alzette and Pétrusse rivers in southern Luxe ...
, in southern
Luxembourg
Luxembourg, officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, is a landlocked country in Western Europe. It is bordered by Belgium to the west and north, Germany to the east, and France on the south. Its capital and most populous city, Luxembour ...
. Nowadays it runs from the south into the city centre,
Ville Haute, carrying road traffic across the
Pétrusse valley and connecting Avenue de la Gare to Boulevard Franklin Delano Roosevelt. It is 290 m long, with 24 arches, and 45 m above the valley floor.
It is also known as the Old Bridge (, , ) by people from Luxembourg City. The 'new bridge' in this comparison is the
Adolphe Bridge, which was built between 1900 and 1903.
The Passerelle was built between 1859 and 1861 to connect the city centre with Luxembourg's new
railway station
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...
, which was located away from the city centre so as to not detract from the defensive capabilities of the city's fortress. It was conceived by the engineers
Achille N. Grenier and
Auguste Letellier, and built by the British company
Waring Brothers.
See also
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History of rail transport in Luxembourg
The history of rail transport in Luxembourg began in 1846 and continues to the present day.
Origins
The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg belonged to the German Confederation from 1815 to 1866 as a sovereign state. The relevant treaties still remained ...
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Bridges in Luxembourg City
Bridges completed in 1861
1861 establishments in Luxembourg
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