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The Dresden Suspension Railway (German: Schwebebahn Dresden) is a suspended funicular located in Dresden, Germany, and connects the districts of Loschwitz and Oberloschwitz (Rochwitz side). It is one of the oldest suspension railways, having entered service on 6 May 1901, the same year the Wuppertal Schwebebahn entered service.
The Carola Bridge is a bridge in Dresden across the Elbe river, built in 1967 to 1971 replacing an earlier bridge, which had been built in 1895. The earlier Carola Bridge was destroyed by the SS on 7 May 1945, one day before VE Day, to prevent Soviet advance. A large section of the new bridge collapsed into the Elbe river on 11 September 2024. [1]
Loschwitz Bridge (Loschwitzer Brücke) is a cantilever truss bridge over the river Elbe in Dresden the capital of Saxony in Germany. It connects the city districts of Blasewitz and Loschwitz , two affluent residential areas, which around 1900 were amongst the most expensive in Europe.
Schwebebahn is German for suspension railway and may refer to the following examples in Germany: Schwebebahn Dresden, the Dresden Suspension Railway in Dresden, Saxony; Schwebebahn Wuppertal, the Wuppertal Suspension Railway in Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia
The Dresden Funicular Railway (German: Standseilbahn Dresden) is a funicular in Dresden, Germany, connecting the districts of Loschwitz, near the "Blue Wonder" bridge, and Weisser Hirsch. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The railway is one of two funicular railways in Dresden, the other being the unusual Schwebebahn Dresden , a suspended monorail .
The Dresden tramway system is the backbone of public transport in Dresden. DVB operates twelve tram routes, [ 2 ] with a current total combined line length of 210 km (130.5 mi). [ 2 ] As of 2008 [update] , there was 291.6 kilometres (181.2 mi) of track, [ 3 ] which translated into 132.7 kilometres (82.5 mi) of actual tram route, [ 3 ] serving ...
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Denenberg, David, Bridgemeister.com (an extensive inventory of more than 8,400 suspension bridges) Janberg, Nicolas, Suspension bridges, Structurae.de (an extensive database of structures including many suspension bridges) Durkee, Jackson, "World's Longest Bridge Spans", National Steel Bridge Alliance, 24 May 1999 (out of date)