Mülheimer Brücke
An elegant 1951 suspension bridge between Mülheim and Riehl – the first painted in the famous ‘Cologne bridge green'.
The Mülheim Bridge is a suspension bridge over the Rhine linking the districts of Mülheim and Riehl. It was the first to wear the patina-green coat that later became "Cologne bridge green", the trademark colour of all the city's Rhine bridges.
At a glance
- Current structure: opened 1951
- Type: true suspension bridge
- Notable: Germany's first bridge with an orthotropic deck plate
- Location: between Mülheim (right bank) and Riehl
Three bridges in one place
A pontoon bridge stood here as early as 1888. In 1929 mayor Konrad Adenauer opened a first, self-anchored suspension bridge – its approval over a planned arch bridge went down in history as the "second Cologne bridge dispute". After that structure was destroyed in 1944, today's suspension bridge was built by 1951.
Source: Wikipedia · retrieved 2026-06-23
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