Adolphe Bridge

The Adolphe Bridge is a <a href="/facts/Bridge/vBJ7Hw8v">double-decked</a> <a href="/facts/Arch_bridge/oGQeFjp2">arch bridge</a> in <a href="/facts/Luxembourg_City/ksMl7vlK">Luxembourg City</a>, in southern <a href="/facts/Luxembourg/vRN04l7f">Luxembourg</a>. The bridge provides a one-way route for road traffic across the <a href="/facts/P%C3%A9trusse/22XahMAN">Pétrusse</a>, from <a href="/facts/Boulevard_Royal/2Lm0bVMa">Boulevard Royal</a>, in <a href="/facts/Ville_Haute/N4FFrVrD">Ville Haute</a>, to <a href="/facts/Avenue_de_la_Libert%C3%A9/8Mq0zLqy">Avenue de la Liberté</a>, on the <a href="/facts/Bourbon_Plateau/xTaGzvJx">Bourbon Plateau</a> in <a href="/facts/Gare,_Luxembourg/Kw2xrugq">Gare</a>. Its upper deck is 153 m in length and carries two lanes of road traffic, and two pedestrian footpaths. Its lower deck, opened in 2018, <a href="/facts/Suspension_bridge/FoDavMf8">suspended</a> beneath the upper deck, is 154 m in length, and carries a dedicated bidirectional bicycle path, with access provided for pedestrian use. As of 13 December 2020, following the completion of the second phase of the construction of the <a href="/facts/Trams_in_Luxembourg/CkevC5uR">city's new tramline</a>, the bridge carries bidirectional tram traffic on its upper deck.
The Adolphe Bridge has become an unofficial <a href="/facts/National_symbol/atuzCyIM">national symbol</a> of sorts, representing Luxembourg's independence, and has become one of Luxembourg City's main <a href="/facts/Tourist_attraction/MVHeCkMd">tourist attractions</a>. The bridge was designed by <a href="/facts/Paul_S%C3%A9journ%C3%A9/8R6QIqoa">Paul Séjourné</a>, a <a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3">Frenchman</a>, and Albert Rodange, a Luxembourger, and was built between 1900 and 1903. Its design was copied in the construction of <a href="/facts/Walnut_Lane_Bridge/TeMaKJN8">Walnut Lane Bridge</a> in <a href="/facts/Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania/2bFFCCTU">Philadelphia</a>, the <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a>.
The bridge was named after <a href="/facts/Adolphe,_Grand_Duke_of_Luxembourg/zbxHkbWF">Grand Duke Adolphe</a>, who reigned Luxembourg from 1890 until 1905, and was the first monarch to hold the title not in <a href="/facts/Personal_union/cBjL324v">personal union</a> with another. Although it is now over 100 years old, it is also known as the New Bridge (<a href="/facts/Luxembourgish_language/HsVzn2YA">Luxembourgish</a>: Nei Bréck, <a href="/facts/French_language/qe1DnaQh">French</a>: Nouveau pont, <a href="/facts/German_language/oWaQIDA8">German</a>: Neue Brücke) by people from Luxembourg City. The 'old bridge' in this comparison is the <a href="/facts/Passerelle_(Luxembourg)/HLJNAIEv">Passerelle</a>, which was built between 1859 and 1861.

Adolphe Bridge open-in-new

Adolphe Bridge