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Ludendorff Bridge

Ludendorff-Brücke

The Ludendorff Bridge (Bridge at Remagen) was a two-track steel railway bridge over the Rhine connecting Remagen and Erpel. Built during World War I, it featured a long central steel arch and massive stone bridge towers at each bank. Captured intact by US forces in March 1945, it collapsed ten days later and was not rebuilt; the surviving bridge towers are preserved and repurposed.

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Photograph via Wikimedia Commons

First raised

1919

Its prime

1945

Today

Demolished

As it stood in 1945

What Ludendorff Bridge looked like in its prime.

A long, riveted steel span with a 156 m central arch flanked by parallel truss approach spans, carrying twin railway tracks and narrow pedestrian catwalks. Massive stone masonry piers rise from the river with fortified stone towers at each abutment; the towers are squared, with flat roofs and small loophole windows. The bridge crosses the wide Rhine between steep wooded hills, its dark steel lattice silhouetted above the pale, reflective river at roughly 15 metres clearance.

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8 places to explore in 1945.

The record describes 8 distinct spots at Ludendorff Bridge, including 2 interiors: interior of western bridge tower, erpeler rail tunnel interior. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and explore every one, more scenes means more photos, more angles and more of the immersive experience.

Flak Hill vantage above the west bankOn-deck central arch spanWest tower roof terrace (Remagen)Interior of western bridge towerEast abutment and Erpeler tunnel mouthErpeler rail tunnel interiorRiverside view beneath the central archWest floodplain stone arches and approach ramp

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