Old Main Bridge – Silberstiege stairs
A staircase with a landing runs down the upstream side of the Old Main Bridge to the Upper Mainkai quay. This is the Silberstiege, and it sits on your left as you walk the bridge. The promenade along the Main meets it at the bottom, so the steps link the water's edge with the bridge deck. You climb it in the open air, river at your side, and pay nothing.
The staircase has stood against the first pier since 1875. Its job was to lift people straight from the bank onto the bridge. Construction overran the budget: in the end, it cost twice the original estimate.
The sharpest detail lies in the stone: small holes and chipped patches pit the steps and the first arch. They are bullet holes and shrapnel damage from the Second World War. From the landing you can take in the marks one by one. The rest of the bridge's story from the war's final days waits at its midpoint.
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Image: Michael 
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Image: Michael 
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