The Hackerbrücke is a road bridge across the main railway line in Munich

Munich

Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...

 immediately west of the town's central station

München Hauptbahnhof

Munich Central Station is the main railway station of the city of Munich in Germany. It is one of the three long distance train stations in Munich, the others being München-Pasing and München Ost. The station sees about 350,000 passengers a day, which puts it on par with other large stations in...

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The first bridge was built at the beginning of the 1870s. In 1890-94 this was replaced by a new bridge, constructed by the Machinenfabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg ("Augsburg-Nuremberg machine factory"). It was partially destroyed during the second world war and restored in 1952-3. Six iron arches, 28.8 metres wide and eight metres high, carry the road; pairs of stone pillars support the arches. The bridge gives its name to the S-Bahn

S-Bahn

S-Bahn refers to an often combined city center and suburban railway system metro in Austria, Germany, Switzerland and Denmark...

 station Hackerbrücke

München Hackerbrücke railway station

München Hackerbrücke is a railway station on the Stammstrecke in Munich, named after the Hackerbrücke which passes over it.The station is also served by routes and of the Munich tramway.-References:...

, which is beneath the bridge and can only be accessed from it.