Interesting Facts of Magdeburg Water Bridge.

The Magdeburg is capital and second largest city of state Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. This city is deserved special mention in the world for it incredible sights and first choice of tourist due to glorious Magdeburg Water Bridge. Opened in October 2003 and becomes the essential part of Germany Tourism. 

Magdeburg Water Bridge


The water bridge is a bridge like structure that carries channel waterways canals over the river. This bridge links formerly isolated East and West Germany over the Elbe River. This bridge enables ships to shun an awkward pass of along the Elbe River. At 918 meter, this bridge is longest water bridge in the world. This water bridge is most popular and attractive water bridge in the world. Here we have presented some interesting facts about Magdeburg Water Bridge, you should know, so keep reading further.

1. You must be curious about, how this is possible? How could you make a bridge the support all that water and boats? It’s pretty cool to know, right? 

The answer is very simple. The support on the bridge always has equal and distributed force pushing on them, it’s does not matter, what are on the bridge, is it boats or all that water.

Magdeburg Water Bridge

2. Construction work started in the beginning of 20th century. Works on overall project continue till 1942, and all constructions were brought to halt due to begin of World War II. And a long waiting of almost 55 years, the construction works again start in 1998 and continue till accomplished. Eventually, the incredible Magdeburg Water Bridge inaugurated in 2003 and open for public view.

3.The navigable channel is 34 meters wide 4.25 meter deep and enable to barges to carry heavy loads of up to 1350 meter tons. The whole structure consumed 24,000 tons of steals and the 68,000-meter cube of concretes. It costs 500 million dollars.


Magdeburg Water Bridge Germany



4. Germany’s water bridge is always having a position in eyes of movie makers. Already this bridge sites had featured in the motion picture HANNA and VITOU THE KONG like good movies and more. The Germany tourism department is promoting Magdeburg Water Bridge on the world level.

Magdeburg Water Bridge



5. The bridge site is open to visitors and including the beautiful parking lot, bicycling and pedestrian paths and informational signs that explain about the history of Magdeburg Water Bridge. It's wonderful moment while having boat riding in Water Bridge, additional amazing capturing of beautiful sight across Magdeburg city.