Rhine Bridge, Kehl

The Rhine Bridge at Kehl Pont ferroviaire de Kehl Rheinbrücke Kehl
The bridges of 1956 and 2010
Coordinates	48°34′32″N 7°48′3″E / 48.57556°N 7.80083°E / 48.57556; 7.80083
Carries	Rail traffic
Crosses	Rhine
Locale	Strasbourg, France and Kehl, Germany
Characteristics
Design	Truss bridge
Total length	238.4 metres (782 ft)
Width	6.66 metres (21.9 ft) (1956–2010) 13 metres (43 ft) (from 2010)
Height	8 metres (26 ft) (1956–2010) 12.2 metres (40 ft) (from 2010)
History
Opened	May 1861 (first railway bridge) December 2010 (most recent bridge)
Location

The first railway bridge at Kehl across the Rhine was opened in May 1861. Since then the bridge has been partially or fully destroyed more than once.

The Kehl railway bridge constructed in 1956, was a single track railway bridge between Strasbourg and Kehl, crossing in the process both the Rhine and the frontier between Germany and France.

A replacement double track railway bridge was first used on 10 October 2010 and formally opened in December 2010 in order to permit trains to cross the river more rapidly. The speed limit on the new bridge is 160 km/h (100 mph).