Tausendfüßler
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The Tausendfüßler is a high car street (bridge) in Düsseldorf
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Its name means in German language Myriapoda
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, 2 other tracks (the incoming middle track is splitten) follow a soft curve in the other direction, together with the first curve an S-curve in southern direction.
Its length is 536 meters, 391 meters on its main direction north to south, 145 meters in the east direction.
On its 3 tracks part it has a width of 25 meters.
It was constructed in the years 1961 to 1962, following a concept of (automotive) mobility in Düsseldorf from the 1950s.
The Tausendfüßler belongs to a building ensemble from the early 1960s together with the Schauspielhaus Düsseldorf
(City Theatre) and the Dreischeibenhaus (a skyscraper).
The architect of the Tausendfüßler was Friedrich Tamms, a professor on architecture and a member of city council.
In December 1993 the Tausendfüßler was listed in the list of city monuments in the category Technical monuments, buildings and equipment for road.
of the Tausendfüßler because of a planned new building of a bank, which doesn’t like to have the bridge directly in front of its offices.
Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the...
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Its name means in German language Myriapoda
Myriapoda
Myriapoda is a subphylum of arthropods containing millipedes, centipedes, and others. The group contains 13,000 species, all of which are terrestrial...
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Construction
The concept of the bridge is a kind of swinging Y: The traffic comes (only in 1 direction) from the north on 3 tracks in a soft curve. In the middle the bridge splits the traffic. 2 tracks go to the east and follow the curve in direction to the Main station of DüsseldorfDüsseldorf Hauptbahnhof
is the Hauptbahnhof for the city of Düsseldorf in Germany, state capital of North Rhine-Westphalia.-History:The station was opened on 1 October 1891 opened as Düsseldorf Central Station...
, 2 other tracks (the incoming middle track is splitten) follow a soft curve in the other direction, together with the first curve an S-curve in southern direction.
Its length is 536 meters, 391 meters on its main direction north to south, 145 meters in the east direction.
On its 3 tracks part it has a width of 25 meters.
It was constructed in the years 1961 to 1962, following a concept of (automotive) mobility in Düsseldorf from the 1950s.
The Tausendfüßler belongs to a building ensemble from the early 1960s together with the Schauspielhaus Düsseldorf
Schauspielhaus Düsseldorf
Schauspielhaus Düsseldorf is a theatre in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany....
(City Theatre) and the Dreischeibenhaus (a skyscraper).
The architect of the Tausendfüßler was Friedrich Tamms, a professor on architecture and a member of city council.
In December 1993 the Tausendfüßler was listed in the list of city monuments in the category Technical monuments, buildings and equipment for road.
Future
Actually there are plans for the demolitionDemolition
Demolition is the tearing-down of buildings and other structures, the opposite of construction. Demolition contrasts with deconstruction, which involves taking a building apart while carefully preserving valuable elements for re-use....
of the Tausendfüßler because of a planned new building of a bank, which doesn’t like to have the bridge directly in front of its offices.