The Luitpold Bridge in Bamberg is an inner-city road bridge over the Main-Danube Canal, it was built in 2005/06 to replace a previous bridge. The 101 meter long and 21.2 meter wide Luitpold Bridge has three lanes, cycle paths separated by markings and sidewalks three meters wide on both sides. The two striking steel arches are slightly offset from each other, as the bridge does not cross the canal at right angles, but at an angle.
Luitpold Bridge. It takes you straight from the train station to the island town. Its special feature: since the bridge runs diagonally over the canal, the arches are offset.
The Luitpold Bridge in Bamberg crosses the right arm of the Regnitz, which is also part of the Main-Danube Canal, and connects Willy-Lessing-Straße with Luitpoldstraße and thus the city center with the train station.
It is named after Luitpold of Bavaria, Prince Regent of the Kingdom of Bavaria from 1886 to 1912.
From a shipping perspective, it is located at MDK-km 5.373 and has a headroom of 7.80 m.