Another prestressing wire break occurred overnight on Dresden's Carolabrücke bridge, which is in danger of collapsing. It was registered in the night of Maundy Thursday in bridge span B, which was not affected by the collapse in September 2024. As it was in an area with greater residual safety, "there was no danger to shipping", the city administration announced.
Commercial vessels can continue to pass the bridge after registering and obtaining permission. Due to constantly changing conditions such as water levels or instabilities in the river and the structure, the demolition plan has now been updated.
The auxiliary supports for the two suspension girders will now be installed by the end of July. Previously, it was assumed that the bridge sections would be floated out using so-called pontoons from mid-June. It was "an extremely difficult task to dismantle this bridge", said construction mayor Stephan Kühn (Greens). We are not in typical planning mode here, but in daily coordination. "If it were easy, the bridge would already be gone."
