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Gustavsburg Railway Bridge – Winterhafen Swing Bridge loop from Mainz

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Rhineland-Palatinate

Rhenish Hesse

Gustavsburg Railway Bridge – Winterhafen Swing Bridge loop from Mainz

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Gustavsburg Railway Bridge – Winterhafen Swing Bridge loop from Mainz

01:07

10.6km

50m

Running

Moderate run. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 6, 2026

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Includes a movable bridge

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After 9.27 km for 39 m

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625 m

Mainz Railway Bridge

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The steel railway truss bridge is simply called Südbrücke and connects Mainz across the Rhine with Gustavsburg. A curiosity: The northern of the two towers made of red brick at the western (Mainzer) end of the bridge is inhabited.

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5.63 km

Water Police Station

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The water police (WSP) in the Mainspitze area are divided into two due to the state borders between Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate, with the distinctive building on the Kasteler Stromarm (Mainz-Kastel) playing a central role. The building in Mainz-Kastel (Hesse) Directly on the border between the Rhine and the Main, on the opposite side of Mainz's Old Town, is the headquarters of the Hessian water police. Location & Architecture: The station is located at Biebricher Straße 1. The building has recently been extensively and energetically renovated and solemnly reopened in June 2023. It serves not only as the seat of the departmental management and leadership group for all of Hesse, but also houses the Wiesbaden water police station. Special Feature: The station is "built right on the water" and coordinates operations on the Rhine and the Main from here. In the immediate vicinity on the Maaraue, there is also the mooring for the modern patrol boats.

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6.10 km

View of Mainz from Kasteller Beach

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The right side next to Theodor-Heuss-Brücke was newly created last year with nice seating. There is also a small beach kiosk. You can sit great in the sun with a direct view of Mainz, super relaxed atmosphere. One of my favorite places in Mainz.

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6.46 km

Graffiti under the Theodor Heuss Bridge (Mainz–Wiesbaden)

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Very good graffiti has been sprayed under the bridgehead on the Wiesbaden side

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7.98 km

Fountain at Adenauerufer

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The waterfront promenade in Mainz, the capital of Rhineland-Palatinate, is named after Konrad Adenauer (1876 to 1967). The CDU politician was mayor of Cologne before the Nazi regime and became the first chancellor of the newly founded Federal Republic of Germany after the Second World War.

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8.25 km

View of the Rhine and the Theodor Heuss Bridge in Mainz

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View of the Theodor-Heuss Bridge in the background there is a Vapiano and the city-famous ice cream parlor N'EIS highly recommended

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8.84 km

Park benches with a view of the Rhine

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Here you can let your soul dangle, look at the Main and pause for a moment.

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9.28 km

Winterhafen Swing Bridge

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The swing bridge at the Winter Harbor in Mainz was built around 1877 and is therefore one of the oldest swing bridges still in existence. It crosses the Winter Harbor and serves as a link between the old town and the pier on the Victor Hugo bank.

Twelve years after the Winter Harbor opened in 1865, the swing bridge allowed ships to pass through at any water level. After the Rhine bank was expanded, there were two swing bridges in Mainz. The bridge at the customs and inland harbor was demolished after 1945.

The building is a listed building and is considered a cultural monument. The mechanical rotating device of the bridge at the Winter Harbor had not been functional since 1996 and was replaced by a hydraulic device in 2009 because it was at risk of brittle fracture. In addition, yachts will also be able to drive into the Winter Harbor in the future to increase the recreational value of a nearby construction site. The old swing bridge was dismantled on March 20, 2009 with the participation of Riga Mainz. The new swing bridge was manufactured in April of the same year in the workshops of the Wiesbaden company Huhle Stahl- und Metallbau. The new steel structure was assembled on October 29, 2009.[1] The structure is 37.50 meters long, 4.50 meters wide and weighs 54 tons. The old bridge section weighed just 21.5 tons. It is an asymmetrical, two-wing road swing bridge made of riveted steel framework. This means that the appearance of the new bridge will be largely adapted to that of the old bridge. The construction materials meet modern requirements, for example the floor covering is made of aluminum instead of wooden planks as before.

The "king pin" as a pivot point is placed on a sandstone pillar. This part of the mechanism, which is no longer visible, has a diameter of 20 centimeters. The only part of the movement mechanism that can be seen is the running and rolling ring of the swing pillar. The bridge abutments are accentuated by balustrades that end in curved wall sections with stone benches.

Source Wikipedia: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drehbr%C3%BCcke_am_Winterhafen

The beautiful beer garden "Mole" directly at the swing bridge should also be mentioned.

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10.6 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.44 km

2.13 km

1.22 km

827 m

578 m

421 m

Surfaces

4.43 km

3.71 km

2.10 km

313 m

< 100 m

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Mainz Railway Bridge

Water Police Station

View of Mainz from Kasteller Beach

Graffiti under the Theodor Heuss Bridge (Mainz–Wiesbaden)

Fountain at Adenauerufer

View of the Rhine and the Theodor Heuss Bridge in Mainz

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