Gregor Vukasinovič
Devotion
When the footbridge from which I took this picture got damaged in a collision with a ship, I was pretty certain it would be Cologne's next decade-long repair project. At first that seemed to turn out true, the local residents already started to plan the establishment of a ferry service across the mouth of the harbor. The bridge was an important link between Niehl, the Rhine meadows, and downtown after all, frequently used for recreation and commuting by bicycle.
It turned out though, perhaps the old bridge can be repaired after all, and doesn't need replacing. Nonetheless, the two years since the accident... how to put it. When the Ponte Morandi in Genova collapsed in 2018, it took two years to demolish the ruins of the old bridge, and to plan approve and build a new one from scratch. And that was a 200+ meter long highway bridge, not a glorified causeway like this one here.
Devotion
When the footbridge from which I took this picture got damaged in a collision with a ship, I was pretty certain it would be Cologne's next decade-long repair project. At first that seemed to turn out true, the local residents already started to plan the establishment of a ferry service across the mouth of the harbor. The bridge was an important link between Niehl, the Rhine meadows, and downtown after all, frequently used for recreation and commuting by bicycle.
It turned out though, perhaps the old bridge can be repaired after all, and doesn't need replacing. Nonetheless, the two years since the accident... how to put it. When the Ponte Morandi in Genova collapsed in 2018, it took two years to demolish the ruins of the old bridge, and to plan approve and build a new one from scratch. And that was a 200+ meter long highway bridge, not a glorified causeway like this one here.