# Eiserne Brücke

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The Eiserne Brücke stands in Berlin’s Mitte district, linking Museum Island with routes beside the Kupfergraben and Zeughaus. Its steel arch crosses the Spree Canal in central Berlin.

Walter Koeppen designed this two-hinged arch bridge, which builders constructed between 1914 and 1916. The bridge measures 23 metres wide and spans 20 metres. Shell limestone covers the single steel arch, giving the structure a distinct stone surface. Rectangular bronze panels decorate the balustrades with ornamental and figurative motifs.

War damage led to restoration of these bronze details around 1978, preserving their place on the bridge. The bridge originally carried trams across the canal. Its materials and ornament show early twentieth-century engineering beside Berlin’s Museum Island. The Eiserne Brücke brings together tramway history, steel construction, limestone, and bronze ornament. Its single arch carries the stone-clad steel structure above the Spree Canal, while bronze panels line its balustrades. The bridge connects Museum Island with streets along the Kupfergraben and Zeughaus.

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