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Leanne’s is asking for bridges for Monochrome Madness. What a great subject for b&w photography! Monochrome Madness: Bridges

The Four Bridges of Heidelberg

Over a stretch of 3.5 km there are four bridges in Heidelberg. In this photo I managed to catch all four of them. The one in the foreground, barely recognisable as a bridge, is the footpath on top of the waterlock.

The next one is the Old Bridge just underneath the Heidelberg Castle. Although many years ago it was open to cars but now it is exclusively open to pedestrians, mainly tourists.

The third one, named after the first president of the Federal Republic of Germany, Theodor Heuss, is also a two lane road with a wide pedestrian lane and an extra bicycle track. Where it crosses the river Neckar the old part of Heidelberg (and the long pedestrian-only stretch ends.

The last one, the Ernst-Walz-Brücke named after the Mayor of Heidelberg in the first part of the 20th century, is a four lane road, not particularly pretty but utilitarian and very important for Heidelberg’s traffic flow. The bridge pylons can just bee seen in the last photo.

Cee’s Which Way Challenge: Any type of bridge

The Bridges of the Lower Neckar

The bridge from Ladenburg to Neckarhausen, looking towards Mannheim.
The same bridge looking in the opposite direction, towards Heidelberg.
Closer to the confluence with the Rhein this bridge is this railway bridge spanning two arms of the Neckar and the island in between.
Lock on the River Neckar at Heidelberg with a pedestrian bridge.

Less than 300 metres downstream is the Old Bridge crossing the Neckar and leading to the white twin towers of the Heidelberg town gate.

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Bridges

Worms’ view

The town on the left side of the river Rhine is called Worms which should explain the title. It used to be just one bridge (the right one) but traffic between the state of Hesse and the Palatium had become so much that they added the left one a few years ago and made each a one way bridge. I’ve just read that the older bridge dating back to 1953 has to be replaced in the next few years as renovation is not possible. However, only the part that actually crosses the water needs to be replaced, the new bridge will fit seamlessly with the old parts on either end. A perspective to look forward to.

My Square Perspective no. 21 is linked to The Life of B.