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Eulenbach Bridge (Eulenbachbrücke)

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Eulenbach Bridge (Eulenbachbrücke)

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Eulenbach Bridge (Eulenbachbrücke)

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Location: Velbert, Mettmann, Düsseldorf District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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slueart

June 18, 2020

Saubrücke or Eulenbachbrücke
Finally! we thought. Finally we pass under this gigantic bridge, over which we have raced our bikes so many times.
A really impressive testimony to the art of bridge construction. We have never seen such a high bridge construction that is so narrow at the same time.

February 2022: What I always wanted to know:
"The official name of the bridge is Eulenbachbrücke and comes from the Rinderbach river, which flows through the valley spanned by the bridge and is also called Eulenbach regionally. The name Eulenbach still exists today as a street name in the form of Uelenbeek. In the vernacular, the But the bridge was called "Saubrücke" after a short time - named after a courtyard in the middle of the valley that was demolished in 1965, which was called In der Sau, where Sau stands for swamp." (wiki)

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PeterH65 (a.k.a. "Waldorf")

November 8, 2021

"... The Eulenbach Bridge in Velbert, also known as the Eulenbach Viaduct, but better known to the population as the Saubrücke, is a former railway bridge that was built from natural stone from 1914. The bridge is part of the Niederbergbahn and was used until the 1990s for the Today it is part of the Niederbergbahn Panorama Cycle Path, which runs from Wülfrath to Essen-Kettwig.
History: The expansion of the branch line, which has led from Aprath to Velbert in one lane since 1888, and on to Heiligenhaus and Kettwig remained controversial for a long time. After approval in May 1912, construction began on July 23, 1913. Several bridges had to be built, from May 1914 the largest of the bridges was built, namely the Eulenbach Bridge planned by the Elberfeld Railway Directorate. After the outbreak of the First World War, construction work was suspended for the time being, but could be completed by the summer of 1915 with the help of unemployed factory workers and Russian prisoners of war. An accident caused a stir in the summer of 1915 when a construction train fell off the bridge. Nobody was injured. After the bridge was almost completed, construction work on the railway was stopped in 1916 and only resumed after the end of the World War. But since this could only be continued with interruptions afterwards, the railway line and thus also the bridge did not start operating until February 15, 1924 for freight traffic. A year later, on March 31, 1925, the railway line was also opened for passenger traffic.
Passenger traffic on the railway ended in 1960. After that, goods transport continued for over 30 years until the last official freight train passed the Eulenbach Bridge on December 28, 1994. The use of the bridge ended with the closure of the Niederbergbahn, which took place in 2006. In the years that followed, there was discussion of building a cycle path on the former railway line, which should then also lead over the Eulenbach Bridge. After the plans were finalized in 2009, construction work began the following year. Since the opening of the cycle path on July 16, 2011, the Eulenbach Bridge has been used again. The panorama bike path Niederbergbahn leads from Essen-Kettwig to Wülfrath. ... "
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eulenbachbr%C3%BCcke

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Reimund S.

September 16, 2023

Highest of the many bridges on the former Kettwig - Wülfrath railway line, which is now used by pedestrians and cyclists as the Niederberg route.

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Location: Velbert, Mettmann, Düsseldorf District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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1. Rindersbach Trails – View from Isenbügeler Kopf loop from Unterstadt

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