The Ignatz-Bubis Bridge (until 2000 Obermainbrücke ) is a road bridge in Frankfurt am Main . At kilometer 36.0 on the Main, it connects the Obermainanlage in the city center with Dreieichstrasse in Sachsenhausen . It is 183.75 meters long and 15.20 meters wide. Federal highway 3 , tram line 18 and the Ebbelwei-Express pass over the bridge . In December 2000, the bridge was named after the chairman of the Central Council of Jews in Germany , who died in 1999.
Various bridge construction projects in Frankfurt have been discussed since the middle of the 19th century in order to relieve the very narrow Old Bridge , which dates back to the Middle Ages. After the annexation of the Free City of Frankfurt by Prussia in 1866, the Eiserne Steg was built as a pedestrian bridge downstream of the Old Bridge , followed by the Untermain Bridge from 1872 to 1874 .
On the other hand, the necessity and construction of a bridge upstream were long disputed in the municipal committees. Only in 1875 was it decided to build another bridge, the Obermain Bridge.
It was built between 1876 and 1878 based on a design by Peter Schmick as the fifth Main Bridge in Frankfurt. Apart from a narrow stone arch on the north bank, through which the connecting railway runs, the other five bridge arches consisted of a wrought-iron framework construction. The five bridge pillars were made of red Main sandstone, and their foundations were cast in concrete. The span of the outer arches is 33.25 meters, and that of the adjacent arches is 38.50 meters, while the central arch is 40.25 meters wide.
In 1881, a horse -drawn tram operated by the Frankfurt Tramway Company crossed the bridge for the first time. The line was electrified in 1900. The bridge had to be closed to traffic in 1934 due to severe rust damage to the wrought-iron half-timbered arches. It was only open to pedestrian traffic. The bridge was not repaired due to the tight raw material situation.
At least two works by artist Albert Windisch had the bridge as a motif, the first from 1920 and the second showing pedestrian use.
In 1944, the bridge was damaged by aerial bombs during the air raids on Frankfurt am Main . On March 26, 1945, the middle two arches were blown up along with the other Main bridges by a Wehrmacht demolition squad.
In April 1946 the reconstruction of the bridge began. The construction remained externally unchanged, but the pillars were made of concrete and the arches of the bridge were made of steel. On June 4, 1949, the rebuilt bridge was opened to traffic. The original construction costs from 1876 to 1878 were 1,040,000 marks , the reconstruction cost 5,000,000 marks .
In 1964, another, initially temporary, bridge was built about 70 meters above the Obermainbrücke, the Flößerbrücke . Road traffic heading north was routed over it, while the Obermainbrücke was only used in the direction of Sachsenhausen in the future.
In the 1980s, the bridge again showed severe wear and corrosion damage , which made rehabilitation necessary. After the new construction of the raft bridge, the Obermain Bridge could be closed for it. The refurbishment began in April 1986 and was completed in February 1988. The bridge was widened by around 1.50 meters and the load-bearing capacity increased from 45 to 60 tons.
In September 2000, the city council decided, with the votes of the SPD , Greens and FDP , to rename the Obermain Bridge to Ignatz Bubis Bridge in honor of Ignatz Bubis, who died in 1999 . The CDU abstained from voting.
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