Eiserner Steg

{{Short description|Footbridge over the Main in Frankfurt}}

{{Inline citations|date=June 2018}}

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|bridge_name = Eiserner Steg

|image = Frankfurt Am Main-Eiserner Steg-Ansicht vom Domturm-20101024.jpg

|image_caption = Aerial view of the Eiserner Steg in 2010

|carries = pedestrians|crosses=Main (river)

|location = Frankfurt Altstadt, Sachsenhausen
(river kilometer 35.26)

|design = Footbridge

|material = Iron

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|passable = yes

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|begin = 1868

|complete = 1869

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|rebuilt = 1946

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File:Frankfurt-januar-1914-main-eis.jpg

The Eiserner Steg (Iron Footbridge) is a footbridge spanning the river Main in the city of Frankfurt, Germany, which connects the centre of Frankfurt with the district of Sachsenhausen.

The first wrought iron bridge was built in 1868.{{cite web | title=Eiserner Steg wird 150: Crowdfunding für ein Frankfurter Wahrzeichen | website=FAZ.NET | date=28 September 2019 | url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/rhein-main/frankfurt/eiserner-steg-wird-150-stahlkonstruktion-aus-buergersinn-16406603.html | language=de | access-date=7 March 2022}}{{cite web | title=Eiserner Steg | website=Frankfurt Tourismus | url=https://www.frankfurt-tourismus.de/Media/Attraktionen/Bauwerke/Eiserner-Steg | language=de | access-date=7 March 2022}} It was replaced in 1911/1912 by a slightly larger cantilever bridge.{{cite web | title=Jubiläumsfeier: Eiserner Steg in Frankfurt strahlt in ganz besonderem Licht | website=fnp.de | date=29 September 2019 | url=https://www.fnp.de/frankfurt/frankfurt-eiserner-steg-strahlt-ganz-besonderem-licht-zr-13038234.html | language=de | access-date=7 March 2022}} It is 170 metres long and consists of riveted steel trusses with two bridge piers. The bridge was blown up by the Wehrmacht in the final days of World War II, but it was rebuilt shortly afterwards in 1946. It was fully renovated in 1993.{{cite web | title=Eiserner Steg | website=FRANKFURT.DE – DAS OFFIZIELLE STADTPORTAL | url=https://frankfurt.de/frankfurt-entdecken-und-erleben/sehenswuerdigkeiten/aussichtspunkte/main-bruecken/eiserner-steg | language=de | access-date=7 March 2022}}