Kronprinzen Bridge

Berlin

IN SHORT

The Kronprinzen Bridge in Berlin was a design submission for an invited competition held in 1991, organized by the Senatsverwaltung für Bau und Wohnungswesen. The original Kronprinzen Bridge over the River Spree was built between 1877 and 1889, based on the Schinkel's Schloss Bridge. It was demolished in 1972 to prevent refugees fleeing from the East Berlin to the West. The new bridge, built on the same site and partially financed by the European Community, is a symbolic gesture of the German reunification. The primary structural system is a steel-stiffened arch reinforced by cross ribs, which support the metal road deck. These components are thus engaged as the top and bottom chords of Veerendel truss, with the resulting reduction in both the weight and deflection of the span permitting a shallower than normal arch.

YEAR

1991 - 1996

ADDRESS

Kronprinzenbrücke
10557 Berlin
Germany

AWARDS

  • ECCS European Steel Design Award 2003