Hörnbrücke in Kiel

An example of a Folding Bridge is the Hörnbrücke (Hörnbridge or Hoernbridge) in the city of Kiel in Schleswig-Holstein. One can describe it as a three-segment bascule bridge that folds in the shape of the letter N. Image File history File links Description: Kieler Hörnbrücke Source: photo taken by Malte Hübner Date: August 2003 Author: Malte Hübner Permission: put under public domain by Malte Hübner Other versions of this file: - File links The following pages link to this file: Bridge Folding bridge... Image File history File links Description: Kieler Hörnbrücke Source: photo taken by Malte Hübner Date: August 2003 Author: Malte Hübner Permission: put under public domain by Malte Hübner Other versions of this file: - File links The following pages link to this file: Bridge Folding bridge... Statistics State: Schleswig-Holstein District: Independent city Area: 113. ... Schleswig-Holstein is the northernmost of the 16 Bundesländer in Germany. ...

(The folllowing is a Babble Fish and dictionary assisted translation of the article[[1]] from the German Wikipedia) Babel Fish is a internet-based application developed by AltaVista which machine translates text from one of several languages into another. ...

The Hoernbridge is a three-segment balance bridge over the Hoern in the port of the German city of Kiel in Schleswig-Holstein. This bridge is a 25.5 meters long and 5 meters wide steel structure.

This pedestrian bridge was built in 1997 and connects the city center on the west bank of the Hoern with the Gaarden quarter and the Norway dock on the east bank. It is one of the architectural and technical attractions of the city and is an important traffic route for pedestrians and cyclists. It was meant primarily as a route from the station to the Norway dock for the passengers of the Oslo ferry line. A pedestrian at the intersection of Alinga Street and Northbourne Avenue, Canberra, Australia A pedestrian is a person travelling on foot, whether walking or running. ... The Pride of Burgundy, a P&O Ferries car ferry on the Dover-Calais route A ferry is a boat or a ship carrying passengers, and sometimes their vehicles, on short-distance, scheduled services. ...

The bridge construction cost 16 million DM, and its construction was viewed skeptically by many Kielians. There were repeated malfunctions of the mechanism upon startup, hence one of its nicknames, the Folds-not Bridge.

In order to ensure crossing for pedestrians and cyclists a hydraulically operated retractable bridge built directy adjacent as an interim solution, but is still used during repar and maintenance of the folding bridge. The Hoernbrudge is now accepted as a technical achievement and it has become a tourist attraction. The bridge deck of a Retractable bridge can be rolled backwards to open a gap for crossing traffic, usually a ship on a waterway. ...

Usually the Hoernbridge opens once per hour and its facinating motion is viewed repeatedly by some residents. Then small and medium sized ships travel into and out of the Hoern.

The bridge offers one of the most beautiful panoramic views of the Baltic Sea city of Kiel. It is also at the beginning and terminating point of a driving rally: this race from Bremervoerde to the Kieler Foerde - connects approximately 50 different ferries, bridges, ship locks, tidal barriers and maritime museums. The Baltic Sea is located in Northern Europe, bounded by the Scandinavian Peninsula, the mainlands of Northern Europe, Eastern Europe, Central Europe, and the Danish islands. ...

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