A new citizens' initiative on the Carola Bridge is demanding a quick replacement for the collapsed and no longer usable structure in Dresden. In a statement, it calls for a temporary bridge for the interim period until a new river crossing is built and usable, as the town of Bad Schandau is doing upstream. While it wants to put its emergency bridge into operation this year or by spring 2026 at the latest, Dresden "will only have a bridge that can be used four years later - and only if everything goes according to plan", they criticized the construction administration.
The western traffic line of the Carola Bridge collapsed unexpectedly on the night of 11 September 2024 over a length of around 100 meters. Since then, the two remaining trains of the pre-stressed reinforced concrete structure from the GDR era have been closed and shipping has also been interrupted. The White Fleet operated downstream and upstream from the closed section with limited capacity, while inland shipping was suspended. Demolition of the affected bridge section has been underway for weeks.
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