Rethe bascule bridge City Hamburg Country Germany Client Freie Hansestadt Hamburg Client Hamburg Port Authority Construction period 2011 - 2017 As the leader of a joint venture HOCHTIEF is realizing the new construction of the Rethe bascule bridge in Hamburg. As the main road connection of the inner harbor area to the South, the bridge is one of the most important infrastructure projects in the harbor of the Hanseatic city. The old lifting bridge, which dates from 1934, had become outdated and was no longer capable of coping with increasing traffic volumes. The new bridge’s folding technology will allow a better flow of shipping as well as road and rail traffic in the future. Also local companies that handle goods for the bulk material ships can then also be more easily reached thanks to

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