21.05.2021 - The old bridge has gone. A new bridge is coming.
For a hundred years, the two communities of Lanze and Buchhorst were linked by a red steel lattice framework bridge over the Elbe-Lübeck Canal. A month ago, the 40-ton bridge was removed in the course of canal widening.
It was lifted out with a heavy-duty crane and, in less than 15 minutes, swung to the western bank where it was deposited. It was then dismantled on site and will now find its final resting place in a blast furnace.
For many years, the old bridge formed a bottleneck for shipping on the canal. The replacement bridge construction will provide the clearance height of 5.25 m required for double-stack container traffic. From the middle of 2022, the new road bridge will join the two communities together again by the shortest route.
