'The Magdeburg Water Bridge' is a navigable aqueduct in Germany, opened in October 2003. It connects the Elbe-Havel Canal to the Mittellandkanal, crossing over the Elbe River. it's notable for being the longest navigable aqueduct within the world. Its total length is 918 meters or 3,012 ft. It is the longest navigable aqueduct within the world.
The Elbe–Havel Canal and Mittelland Canal canals had previously met close to Magdeburg however on opposite sides of the Elbe, that was at a considerably lower elevation than the 2 canals. Ships moving between the 2 had to create a 12-kilometre (7.5 mi) detour, descending from the Mittelland Canal through the Rothensee boat raise into the Elbe, then sailing downstream on the river, before ascending to the Elbe-Havel Canal through Niegripp lock. Low water levels within the Elbe typically prevented totally laden canal barges from creating this crossing, requiring time-consuming off-loading of cargo.
Canal engineers had 1st conceived of joining the two waterways as so much back as 1919. Construction of the water link was started as early as within the 1930s however owing to the planet War two and subsequent division of Germany the work remained suspended until 1997. once the Cold War split Germany, the project was placed on hold indefinitely by the East German government.
Work started in 1997, with construction taking six years and costing €500 million. The huge tub to move ships over the Elbe took twenty four thousand metric heaps of steel and sixty eighty thousand cubic meters of concrete to create. The aqueduct was finally completed and opened to the general public in 2003.
Canal engineers had 1st conceived of joining the two waterways as so much back as 1919. Construction of the water link was started as early as within the 1930s however owing to the planet War two and subsequent division of Germany the work remained suspended until 1997. once the Cold War split Germany, the project was placed on hold indefinitely by the East German government.
Work started in 1997, with construction taking six years and costing €500 million. The huge tub to move ships over the Elbe took twenty four thousand metric heaps of steel and sixty eighty thousand cubic meters of concrete to create. The aqueduct was finally completed and opened to the general public in 2003.
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