Pierre Pflimlin Bridge


The Pierre Pflimlin Bridge is a 957 m long motorway bridge over the river Rhine between Germany and France, south of Strasbourg / Kehl. It is named after Pierre Pflimlin, a former French prime minister, and was opened in 2002. It was funded by France, Germany and the European Union.

Construction

Planned for several decades, it was built during the late 1990s and early 2000s by the construction companies Bilfinger Berger and Max Früh.
The funding for its construction was provided 55.5% by France, 38.6% by Germany and 5.9% by the European Union.

Function

The bridge carries two traffic lanes and two pedestrian / cycle routes. Its main function is to reduce pressure on the only other close by Rhine bridge, the Pont de l'Europe/Europabrücke at Strasbourg-Kehl to the north, by connecting the motorway Lauterbourg/Strasbourg-Saint-Louis/Basle from France to the A5 Hamburg/Frankfurt/Basle motorway in Germany.
Due to the Schengen Agreement, there are no border controls on the bridge, despite it spanning the French-German border.