Köhlbrand Bridge

{{Short description|Bridge in Hamburg (Germany)}}

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{{Infobox bridge

|bridge_name = Köhlbrandbrücke
{{nobold|Köhlbrand Bridge}}

|image = File:Köhlbrandbrücke (Hamburg).4.phb.ajb.jpg

|caption = Köhlbrand Bridge in the port of Hamburg

|official_name =

|carries = Cars

|crosses = Köhlbrand, part of the river Süderelbe

|locale = Hamburg, Germany

|maint =

|id =

|design = Cable-stayed bridge

|mainspan = 325 m

|length = 3,618 m

|width = 17.5 m

|height = 135 m

|load =

|below = 55 m above middle tide

|traffic = 30,000 cars

|begin = 1970

|complete = 1974

|open = September 20, 1974

|closed = approx 2028[https://www.welt.de/hamburg/article1531878/Koehlbrandbruecke_wird_in_20_Jahren_abgerissen.html Die Welt, 8 January 2008] {{in lang|de}}

|toll = free

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The Köhlbrand Bridge ({{langx|de|Köhlbrandbrücke}}) is a cable-stayed bridge in Hamburg, Germany,Stahl, F. L., & Gagnon, C. P. (1996). [https://books.google.com/books?id=SU4FllCNFTEC&dq=Köhlbrand%20Bridge&pg=PA202 Cable Corrosion in Bridges and Other Structures: Causes and Solutions] ASCE Publications. {{ISBN|978-0784400142}}. Retrieved on 16 March 2012 which connects the harbor area on the island of Wilhelmsburg between the Norderelbe and Süderelbe branches of the Elbe river with motorway 7 (exit Waltershof). It bridges the Süderelbe, here called Köhlbrand, before it unites with the Norderelbe again. The bridge was opened on 9 September 1974.