Severinsbrücke

A striking cable-stayed bridge with a single A-shaped pylon – Cologne's first complete new bridge after the war and a listed monument since 1989.

Rhine bridge Listed monument Architecture

The Severin Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge over the Rhine, linking the Severin quarter via the Rheinauhafen to Deutz. It was the first entirely new bridge built in Cologne after the Second World War.

Source: Wikipedia · retrieved 2026-06-23

At a glance

Opened: 1959
Type: cable-stayed bridge with a single A-shaped pylon (77 m)
Length: 691 m, longest span 302 m
Listed monument: since 1989

An engineering pioneer

On opening it was the cable-stayed bridge with the longest main span in the world and the first with an A-shaped pylon. Placing the pylon asymmetrically near the right bank kept the view of the cathedral and old town largely clear and left the Deutz harbour navigable. The structure won the Cologne Architecture Prize in 1967 and, like all the city's bridges, wears the typical "Cologne bridge green".