Oberbaum Bridge

Berlin

IN SHORT

Shortly after the reunification of Germany, the Berlin Senate resolved to rebuild the damaged Oberbaum Bridge as one of the key connections between the city's former East and West sectors. The existing bridge, incorporating an overhead viaduct for an electric railway, opened in 1896, connecting Warschauer Strasse to the east with Skalitzer Strasse to the west, and was damaged during World War II, when military commandos blew up the center span. The center span was temporarily reconstructed after the war, and the subway ran through the viaduct until August 1961, after which the bridge was used solely by pedestrians.

YEAR

1991 - 1996

ADDRESS

Oberbaumbrücke
10243 Berlin
Germany