To prevent the Hamburg harbour from an infrastructural breakdown a giant new bridge has to be built. Follow the construction of Europe's biggest bascule bridge
It is heavier than a dozen jumbo-jets and twice as high as the Brandenburg gate. It is more than just a bridge. It is a landmark – Hamburg's Rethe Bridge from 1934. The bridge is one of the first job-creation schemes of the Nazi regime. It’s a massive structure that captures the basic meaning of the Hamburg harbour. It is only because of its overpowering size that the bridge managed
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