Dresden is encouraging: Carolabrücke will soon be torn down with fall bed technology!

Dresden is encouraging: Carolabrücke will soon be torn down with fall bed technology!

Dresden, Deutschland - The Carol Bridge in Dresden faces a comprehensive and urgent demolition. The decision was announced on Monday to demolish the building using the so-called fall bed technology. Eleven different demolition variants had previously been discussed, including spectacular methods such as explosion. Like mdr is of crucial importance, since it does not have to be cleared in order not in addition to shipping traffic impair.

The decision to do without a regular tender and implement the demolition immediately was not easy. The condition of the bridge has deteriorated dramatically in recent years, which has increased the risk of collapse. The test engineers from Hamburg had also found that the Elbe base was damaged and that the originally planned pontoon method was endangered, also due to security concerns. Five of the eleven examined demolition methods failed at the low water level of the Elbe or had technical problems.

A look into the future

Mayor Stephan Kühn, however, made a clear promise: the demolition should be completed by the end of the year. After the middle part of the bridge, the work over the terrace bank and on the Neustädter side followed, and this in some cases in parallel to the main work. In order not to disturb the popular film nights on the banks of the Elbe, the construction work was set to six days a week.

With these steps, the path for a new, modern bridge construction is paved, which not only increases security, but should also strengthen the connection between the districts of Dresden and Radebeul. The future of the Carol Bridge does not end with its demolition, it only really begins.