Gaasebrickelsche
The Gaasebrickelsche is a footbridge that carries you over the Nidda at the Wörthspitze in Frankfurt. The river has its source in the Vogelsberg mountains. It flows about 90 kilometres through Hesse before it joins the Main. This bridge stands right at the end of that journey.
The city of Höchst put it up in 1913, as an arch of reinforced concrete. The arch itself reaches 23 metres across the water. End to end the bridge runs 41.9 metres, with a walkway between 2.5 and 3 metres wide. Goats once made the crossing too, driven over on their way to the Wörthspitze. One more comparison travels with the place: the shape recalls the arch bridges of Venice.
For anyone exploring the area on foot or by bike, the bridge makes a natural marker. Close by sit the historic district of Höchst and the Schwanheimer Düne, a stretch of protected inland dune. And the bridge keeps one small rule of its own: a bike goes over pushed, never ridden.
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