Works progress on collapsed Dresden bridge
28 November 2024
Authorities at the City of Dresden in Germany have said demolition works on the collapsed Carola Bridge are progressing, with specialist set to remove a large section of the structure in the coming weeks.
The bridge collapsed in the early hours of September 11, 2024. (PHOTO: City of Dresden)
The cantilevered bridge, which carried both cars and trams over the River Elbe, suffered a major structural collapse on September 11, 2024.
A 100-metre section of the bridge’s tramway line—known as Section C—fell into the river, leaving other sections ‘hanging’ in a critically unstable state.
Although only Section C of the Carola Bridge collapsed, inspections assessing the integrity of Sections A and B—which run parallel to Section C— are still underway.
Recently however, local authorities have said that: “By the end of January 2025, the fairway is to be restored over a width of 30 to 50 meters in such a way that at least individual ships can pass under the Carola Bridge in a predetermined time window with special permission.
“For this purpose, the current data from the monitoring of bridge sections A and B will be used.
“A general opening of the federal waterway to shipping traffic below the Carola Bridge is not foreseeable for the time being.
“The entire bridge section C is to be removed by the end of April 2025 and the construction site cleared.”
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