Overview
- Officials kicked off construction Friday for the roughly €50 million span at the existing alignment after the 1963 bridge was torn down in April.
- The new structure will be about 240 meters long and 18 meters wide, adding a continuous weaving lane from Kaiserdamm to Spandauer Damm.
- The Ringbahn bridge rebuild started in late October, and both crossings are slated to reopen to traffic in summer 2027.
- Project managers reject calls for barriers, citing limited effectiveness on the S-curve, and instead plan low-noise asphalt and selective passive insulation.
- Rebuilding in place avoids a new planning approval process, leaving environmental groups with no formal appeal channel.