Overview
- Mayor Dirk Hilbert and transport chief Stephan Kühn removed the final barriers shortly after 1 p.m., restoring full passage for cars and bikes.
- Officials said the reopening should ease rush-hour pressure through the city center, where detours had regularly produced traffic jams.
- Before today’s full reopening, only an eastbound section had been available to drivers since mid-November, with two-way cycling permitted.
- The route carried about 20,000 vehicles per day before the collapse, underscoring its role in Dresden’s inner-city traffic flow.
- Kühn said the Elbe cycle path on the Neustadt side will reopen by early October, the riverside parking lot reopens Monday, and the bus lot follows at the end of October, after which the central work zone will be considered complete until bridge reconstruction begins.