Ferdinand-Leitner-Steg
Ferdinand-Leitner-Steg is a pedestrian bridge in Stuttgart, crossing nine-lane Schillerstraße between Schlossgarten and Oberer Schlossgarten. Its southern end stands near the Schauspielhaus, while the northern fork leads towards the garden or Hauptbahnhof.
Built for the 1961 Bundesgartenschau, the crossing originally carried the name Schillersteg before honouring Ferdinand Leitner in 1997. Leonhardt, Andrä und Partner designed one of Germany’s early cable-stayed bridges, which received extensive restoration in 2008. A 100-metre route rises from short reinforced-concrete ramps and divides into two northern paths. Its steel box girder measures 92.5 metres long, 5.5 metres wide, and only 50 centimetres high.
A free-standing pylon lifts 23 metres above the northern fork and supports five pairs of inclined cables. The main span stretches 63.3 metres across Schillerstraße, with railings arranged in groups of four vertical steel bars. A semi-oval handrail once concealed neon lighting behind Plexiglas, while the restoration prepared the structure for LED lighting.
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