It was built in 1907 at the same time as the Deutz harbor was built and opened to traffic in March 1908. The technical monument consists of a riveted steel framework construction of an unequal-leg balanced bridge with a span of 31.29 meters and a width of 10 meters, which can be controlled electrically from the sheet steel control house above the middle of the bridge, which has been preserved to this day. Railings, bridgeheads and wheelhouse were designed in the geometric Art Nouveau style. Similar to the swing bridge in the Rheinauhafen built just a few years earlier, the 177 tonne dead weight of its superstructure is lifted hydraulically from its rest position and then rotated using an electric motor. The Cologne swing bridges were designed by Duisburger AG for the iron industry and bridge construction. J.C. Harkort, also known as the Harkort bridge construction company, which worked with Haniel & Lueg from Düsseldorf on the mechanics. The Deutz swing bridge has been a listed building since July 1, 1980. The street running over it was initially called Deutzer Damm, from 1911 Rheinallee and has been called Alfred-Schütte-Allee since 1957.
In October 2014, the electrical engineering of the bridge from the 1950s and the road surface were renovated during a four-week repair. During this time, the bridge remained open so that ships could pass through. In order to prevent a blockage due to malfunctions, the City Council of Cologne decided in December 2015 to fundamentally renovate the bridge for 1.36 million euros. Due to the planning, the renovation should not begin before the end of 2016.
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The Deutzer swing bridge is located in the Deutz harbor. It connects Siegburger Straße via Alfred-Schütte-Allee, which runs along the bank on the right bank of the Rhine, with the adjacent bollard meadows, which are used for leisure activities and as a recreation area.
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