List of crossings of the Danube

This is a list of crossings of the Danube river, from its mouth in the Black Sea to its source in Germany. Next to each bridge listed is information regarding the year in which it was constructed and for what use it was constructed (foot bridge, bicycle bridge, road bridge or railway bridge), and the distance from the mouth of the river in kilometres where available.

Romania

Crossing	Distance from mouth (in km)	Carries	Location	Built	Coordinates	Photograph
Galați Tunnel		DN22E	Galați, I.C. Brătianu	(Proposed) [1]
Brăila Bridge	165.8	European route E87	Brăila, Smârdan	2018 [a]
Giurgeni – Vadu Oii Bridge	238 [3]	DN2A road	Giurgeni, Hârșova	22 Dec 1970
Anghel Saligny Bridge	300	Căile Ferate Române Line 800	Cernavodă [4] , Fetești [5]	1895
Cernavodă Bridge	300.07	A2 motorway, Căile Ferate Române Line 800	Cernavodă	1987 [3]

Romania-Bulgaria border

Crossing	Distance from mouth (in km)	Carries	Location	Built	Coordinates	Photograph
Silistra-Călărași Hydrotechnical Complex	380		Silistra, Călărași	(Planned) [6]
Danube Bridge	488.7	European route E85, railway line	Ruse, Giurgiu	20 Jun 1954
Nikopol-Turnu Magurele Hydrotechnical Complex	578		Nikopol, Turnu Măgurele	(Proposed) [7]
Constantine's Bridge		Roman road	Sucidava	328 [b]
Oryahovo–Bechet Bridge			Oryahovo, Bechet	(Planned)
New Europe Bridge	796 [3]	European route E79, railway line [c]	Calafat, Vidin	14 Jun 2013

Romania–Serbia border

Crossing	Distance from mouth (in kilometres)	Carries	Location	Built	Coordinates	Photograph
Ostrovul Mare Bridge	863	Road	Mehedinți County	1998
Iron Gate II Hydroelectric Power Station	864 [3]	DN56A	Gogoșu, Negotin Municipality	1985
Trajan's Bridge		Road	Drobeta-Turnu Severin	Built in 105 AD; destroyed.
Iron Gate I Hydroelectric Power Station	942 [3]	State road 35, European route E771, DN6A	Iron Gate	7 Sep 1964

Serbia

Crossing	Distance from mouth (in kilometres)	Carries	Location	Built	Coordinates	Photograph
Kovin Bridge	1112.1	Expressway 14	Kovin Municipality, Smederevo City	26 Nov 1976 [8]
Pančevo Bridge		European route E70	Belgrade	7 Nov 1946
Pupin Bridge			Belgrade	2014
Beška Bridge (northbound)	1232	A1 motorway, European route E75	Inđija Municipality	2011
Beška Bridge (southbound)	1232	A1 motorway, European route E75	Inđija Municipality	1975
Žeželj Bridge	1254.1	road, Railway	Novi Sad	2018
Boško Perošević Bridge	1254.2		Novi Sad	2000
Varadin Bridge	1255	IIA-100 highway	Novi Sad	2000
Liberty Bridge	1257.6	Liberation Boulevard	Novi Sad	1981

Croatian–Serbian border

Crossing	Distance from mouth (in kilometres)	Carries	Location	Built	Coordinates	Photograph
Ilok–Bačka Palanka Bridge	1297	D2 road, IIA-108 highway	Ilok, Bačka Palanka	1974
Erdut–Bogojevo Railway Bridge		Railway bridge	Erdut, Bogojevo	1911
Erdut–Bogojevo Road Bridge		D213 road, Expressway 17	Erdut, Bogojevo	1980
Batina Bridge	1424.8	D212 road, State Road 16	Batina, Bezdan	1974

Hungary

Crossing	Distance from mouth (in kilometres)	Carries	Location	Opened	Coordinates	Photo
István Türr Bridge	1480.22	Hungarian road 55, Bátaszék–Baja–Kiskunhalas railway line	Baja, Pörböly	1999
Szent László bridge	1498.8	M9 motorway	Szekszárd, Dusnok	2003
Pál Tomori Bridge			Paks, Foktő
József Beszédes Bridge	1560.55	Hungarian road 54	Solt, Dunaföldvár	2001
Pentele Bridge	1571.7	M8 motorway	Dunaújváros, Dunavecse	2007
Deák Ferenc Bridge	1632.8	M0 motorway	Szigetszentmiklós, Budapest	2012
Connective Railway Bridge	1643	Budapest–Hegyeshalom railway line	Budapest	1953
Rákóczi Bridge	1643	Hungary boulevard	Budapest	1995
Petőfi Bridge	1644.3	Grand Boulevard	Budapest	1952
Liberty Bridge	1645.3	Small Boulevard, Béla Bartók Avenue	Budapest	2009
Elisabeth Bridge	1646	Rákóczi Avenue, Hegyalja Avenue	Budapest	1964 [9]
Széchenyi Chain Bridge	1647	Adam Clark Square, Széchenyi István Square	Budapest	1840
Kossuth Bridge		Batthyány Square, Kossuth Square	Budapest	18 Jan 1946
Margaret Bridge	1648.75	Grand Boulevard	Budapest	2011
Árpád Bridge	1651.3	Hungary boulevard, Vörösvári út, Szentendrei út	Budapest	7 Nov 1950
Újpest railway bridge	1654.5	Budapest–Esztergom railway	Budapest	1896
Megyeri Bridge	1660	M0 motorway	Budapest, Dunakeszi	30 Sep 2008

Hungary-Slovakia border

Crossing	Distance from mouth (in kilometres)	Carries	Location	Built	Coordinates	Photo
Mária Valéria Bridge	1718.5	Route I/63, Route 11326	Esztergom, Štúrovo	2001
Elisabeth Bridge	1767.8	Hungarian road 13, route I/64	Komárno, Komárom	1946
Komárom rail bridge	1770.4	Komárom–Nové Zámky railway line	Komárom, Komárno	1955
Monostor Bridge	1770.57	Hungarian road 13, route I/64	Komárom, Komárno	2020
Vámosszabadi bridge	1806	Hungarian road 14, route I/13	Medveďov, Vámosszabadi	1973

Slovakia

Crossing	Distance from mouth (in km)	Carries	Location	Built	Coordinates	Photo
Čunovo Dam			Čunovo
Lužný most		D4 motorway	Bratislava	2021	[10]
Prístavný most	1866.4	Bratislava–Hegyeshalom railway line, D1 motorway	Bratislava	1985
Apollo Bridge			Bratislava	4 Sep 2005
Starý most	1868.14	tram tracks, with pedestrian and bicycle sidewalks	Old Town of Bratislava	2016 [d]
Bridge of the Slovak National Uprising	1869.1	road bridge, bicycles, pedestrians	Bratislava [11]	26 Aug 1972
Lanfranconi Bridge	1871.35	D2 motorway [e]	Bratislava	1991

Austria

Crossing	Distance from mouth (in km)	Carries	Location	Built	Coordinates	Photo
Andreas Maurer bridge	1886.2	Bernstein Straße	Hainburg an der Donau, Engelhartstetten	Dec 1972
Barbara bridge	1914.4	Gas pipe	Schwechat, Vienna	1957
Mannswörth pipeline bridge	1917.7	Gas pipe [f] [g]	Schwechat, Vienna	1959
Weir 2 [h]	1918.3	Footpath	Vienna	1988
Waluliso Bridge [i]		Footpath [j]	Vienna	1998
Freudenauer Hafenbrücke	1921.1	Covered pedestrian/bicycle path with viewing platform	Vienna	1992
Steinsporn Bridge		Footpath	Vienna	1974
Stadlau Eastern Railway Bridge	1925	Laaer Ostbahn	Vienna [12]	1931
Prater Bridge	1925.8	Vienna Southeast Bypass motorway A23	Vienna	1967 [k]
Danube city bridge	1926	Line U2	Vienna	Mar 1997
Weir 1 [l]	1926.2	Footpath	Vienna	1978
Kaisermühlen Bridge		Footpath	Vienna	1993
Reichsbrücke	1928.9	Angerner Straße, U1	Vienna	8 Nov 1980 [13]
Ponte Cagrana [m]		pedestrian/bicycle access [n]	Vienna	2000
Brigittenauer Bridge	1930.4	Klosterneuburger Straße	Vienna	25 Oct 1982
Georg Danzer Bridge	1931.2	Line U6	Vienna	1991
Northern Railway Bridge	1931.2	North railway line	Vienna	1870
Floridsdorfer Brücke	1931.7	Floridsdorfer Straße	Vienna [14]	1924 [o]
Steinitzsteg Footbridge	1932.5	Footpath	Vienna	1995
North Bridge	1932.6	North Bridge Feeder	Vienna	19 Dec 1964
Jedleseer Bridge		Footpath	Vienna	1983
Langenzersdorf intake structure	1938.1	pedestrian/bicycle crossing between Langenzersdorf and the Danube Island	Klosterneuburg, Langenzersdorf	1975
Greifenstein power station	1949.2	Footpath	Sankt Andrä-Wördern, Spillern	1981
Donaubrücke Tulln	1963.2	Railway line, Tullner Straße	Tulln an der Donau	1875
Rose Bridge	1965.4	Tullner Straße	Tulln an der Donau, Langenrohr	1992
Altenwörth power station	1980.4	Footpath	Altenwörth	1973
Traismauer Danube motorway bridge	1991.4	S33 expressway	Krems, Gedersdorf, Grafenwörth	31 Oct 2010	[15]
Krems Danube bridge	1999.8	Kremser Straße	Furth bei Göttweig [15] , Krems [15]	1971
Krems railway bridge	2001.5	Bahnstrecke Krems an der Donau - Herzogenburg	Mautern an der Donau, Krems	1889 [p]
Mauterner Donaubrücke	2003.6	Aggsteiner Straße	Krems [16] , Mautern an der Donau	18 May 1895
Melk Danube Bridge	2034.5	Melker Straße	Emmersdorf an der Donau [15] , Melk [15]	1972
Melk power station dam	2038	Footpath	Melk [15] , Emmersdorf an der Donau [15] , Zelking-Matzleinsdorf [15] , Leiben [15]	1979
Pöchlarn Danube bridge	2043.6	Pöchlarner Straße	Pöchlarn	2002
Persenbeug Dam	2060.4	Erlauftal Straße	Ybbs an der Donau, Hofamt Priel	1959
Leopold Helbich Bridge	2080.8	Greiner Straße	Grein	1965
Wallsee-Mitterkirchen power station	2094.5	road (L1427)	Mitterkirchen im Machland, Wallsee-Sindelburg	1965
Mauthausen railway bridge	2111.1	Donauuferbahn, Summerauer Bahn	Mauthausen, Sankt Pantaleon-Erla	1872
Mauthausen Danube bridge	2111.1	Mauthausener Straße	Mauthausen, Sankt Pantaleon-Erla	1962
Abwinden-Asten power station	2119.6	Footpath, bike path	Luftenberg an der Donau	1973
Steyregg Railway Bridge	2127.6	Summerauer Bahn	Steyregg, Linz	1873
Steyregger Bridge	2127.7	Donau Straße	Steyregg, Linz	12 Sep 1979
VÖEST Bridge	2133.5	Mühlkreis Autobahn	Linz	1968
Eisenbahnbrücke, Linz	2133.9	railway, road (129), pedestrians - to be closed in 2012 [17]	Linz	1900
Nibelungen Bridge	2135.1	Eferdinger Straße	Linz	1938
Ottensheim-Wilhering power station	2146.7	Footpath, bike path	Ottensheim	1970
Aschach Danube Bridge	2160	Aschacher Straße	Aschach an der Donau, Feldkirchen an der Donau	1962 [18]
Niederranna Danube bridge	2194	Niederranna-Wesenufer road (L587)	Hofkirchen im Mühlkreis, Waldkirchen am Wesen	1980

Germany

Crossing	Distance from mouth (in km)	Carries	Location	Built	Coordinates	Photo
Jochenstein power station	2203.31	Footpath [q]	Untergriesbach, Engelhartszell an der Donau [19]	1956, 1952
Kräutlstein Bridge	2223.29	Passau–Hauzenberg railway	Passau	1903
Luitpold Bridge	2225.75		Passau	1910
Schanzl Bridge	2226.98		Passau	1968
Franz Josef Strauß Bridge	2230.1	Bundesstraße 12	Passau	1989
Steinbach railway bridge	2230.28	Passau Hbf–Freyung railway	Passau
Kachlet power station weir	2230.43	Footpath	Passau
Schalding motorway bridge	2234.26	Bundesautobahn 3	Passau	1973
Marienbrücke	2249.16		Vilshofen
Danube Forest Bridge	2266.23		Winzer
Deggenau Danube bridge	2282.5	Bundesautobahn 3	Deggendorf	1975
Maximilian Bridge	2284.6	Staatsstraße 2074	Deggendorf	1999
Fischerdorf motorway bridge	2285.5	Bundesautobahn 92	Deggendorf	1991
Donausteg Deggendorf	2285.87	Footpath	Deggendorf	11 Oct 2014
Deggendorf railway bridge	2285.87	Bavarian Forest Railway	Deggendorf	1877
Metten motorway bridge	2290.12	Bundesautobahn 3	Metten	1981
Xaver Hafner Bridge	2308.4		Bogen	19 Sep 1986
Bogen railway bridge	2311.28	Straubing–Miltach railway	Aiterhofen	1895
Reibersdorf road bridge	2316.98	Bundesstraße 20	Straubing	1 Jul 1977
Schloßbrücke	2321.33	Chamer Straße, Bavarian State Route 2141	Straubing	1949
Agnes Bernauer Bridge	2320	Bavarian State Route 2141	Straubing	Nov 1981
Kagerser Bridge	2321.82	Straubing west bypass	Straubing	7 Aug 1992
Donaubrücke Pfatter	2353.33	Bavarian State Route 2146	Wörth an der Donau
Wörth Danube Bridge	2358.27	Bundesautobahn 3	Wörth an der Donau	1979
Donaustauf road bridge	2369.65	Bavarian State Route 2145	Donaustauf	1985
Schwabelweis road bridge	2376.32	Bundesstraße 8, Bundesstraße 15	Regensburg	1981
Schwabelweis railway bridge	2376.82	Regensburg–Weiden railway	Schwabelweis	1933
Nibelungen Bridge	2378.39	Bundesstraße 15	Regensburg	2004 [r]
Gries foot and bicycle bridge [s]	2379.27	Footpath	Regensburg
Iron Bridge	2379.26		Regensburg [14]	1991
Protzenweiher Bridge [t]	2379.56		Regensburg	2011
Stone Bridge	2379.62		Regensburg [14]	1146
Eiserner Steg	2380.07	Footpath	Regensburg	1948
Pfaffenstein footbridge [u]	2380.12	Footpath	Regensburg
Upper Palatinate Bridge [v]	2380.17		Regensburg
Regensburg hydroelectric power station	2381	Footbridge	Regensburg
Pfaffenstein motorway bridge	2381.11	Bundesautobahn 93	Regensburg	1967
Mariaort railway bridge	2385.68	Nuremberg–Regensburg railway	Mariaort	1872
Sinzing railway bridge	2386.71	Danube Valley Railway	Sinzing
Sinzing motorway bridge	2387.6	Bundesautobahn 3	Regensburg	1966
Bad Abbach power station	2400.24		Bad Abbach
Poikam railway bridge	2401.96	Regensburg–Ingolstadt railway	Poikam
Saal road bridge	2410.1		Saal an der Donau
Kelheim Europa Bridge	2412.72		Kelheim	1977
Kelheim Maximilian Bridge	2414.25		Kelheim
Neustadt road bridge	2432.4	Bundesstraße 299	Neustadt an der Donau
Pförring road bridge			Pförring
New Danube Bridge			Vohburg an der Donau [w]
Old Danube Bridge		Bundesstraße 16a	Vohburg an der Donau
Vohburg weir			Vohburg an der Donau
Großmehring road bridge			Großmehring
Motorway bridge A9		Bundesautobahn 9	Ingolstadt
Schiller bridge		Bundesstraße 13	Ingolstadt	1963
Ingolstadt Rail Bridge		Nuremberg–Ingolstadt high speed railway	Ingolstadt	1922 [x]
Donausteg			Ingolstadt
Konrad-Adenauer-Brücke			Ingolstadt	1948
Glacis Bridge		Bundesstraße 13, Ringstraße	Ingolstadt	1998
Ingolstadt power station dam			Ingolstadt	1971
Bergheim power station dam			Bergheim, Neuburg an der Donau	1970
Elisa Bridge			Neuburg an der Donau
Bittenbrunn power station dam			Neuburg an der Donau	1969
Bertoldsheim power station dam			Rennertshofen	1967
Marxheim Danube Bridge			Marxheim
Schäfstall Bridge			Schäfstall
B2 road bridge		Bundesstraße 2	Donauwörth
Donauwörth Danube bridge			Donauwörth
Donauwörth Railway bridge		Danube Valley Railway	Donauwörth
Kesseldamm Bridge		Bundesstraße 16	Donauwörth
Donauwörth power station dam			Donauwörth
Donaubrücke Donaumünster			Donaumünster	2007 [20]
Schwenningen power station			Schwenningen	1983
Donaubrücke Gremheim			Gremheim
Donaubrücke Bruckmahdseen			Blindheim
Road bridge			Höchstädt an der Donau
Donaubrücke Steinheim			Steinheim
Donausteg Oberelchingen	2576		Elchingen
Donausteg			Ulm, Neu-Ulm	1976
Gänstor Bridge	2584.9	Brückenstraße	Ulm, Neu-Ulm	1950
Herd Bridge	2585.5	Marienstraße	Neu-Ulm, Ulm	1948
Donaueschingen road bridge		Bundesstraße 27	Donaueschingen

Notes

1. The largest bridge over the Danube ^[2]
2. Destroyed mid-4th century
3. between CFR Line 912 and BDZ Line 7
4. Originally built in 1891 as Franz Joseph Bridge (most Františka Jozefa - originally a railway bridge), after WW II. rebuilt in 1946 (Red Army Bridge), old superstructure and 2 pillars demolished and bridge rebuilt in 2013-2016
5. also bicycle and pedestrian path, water and gas pipes
6. 20 pipes for natural gas and liquid petroleum products
7. Non-public footbridge
8. across New Danube
9. Across New Danube
10. Closed in winter and high water
11. widened and raised 1996-97
12. Across New Danube
13. Across New Danube
14. closed in winter and high water
15. replacing 1874 Franz Joseph Bridge; rebuilt 1945-46
16. rebuilt 1945
17. Openable bridge
18. Other bridges were built 1935–1938; 1950; 2001–04
19. Between island Wöhrd and Stadtamhof
20. Across Rhine-Main-Danube Canal (now closed to traffic)
21. Between island (Wöhrd) and Stadtamhof
22. Across the Rhine–Main–Danube Canal
23. road bridge bypassing town centre
24. also 1869, 1999–2001

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External links

• (in German) Liste sämtlicher Brücken über die Donau (PDF) – Quelle: donauschifffahrt.info
• (in German) Liste der Schleusen – Quelle: donauschifffahrt.info /
• (in German) Die Donau ~ Faszination eines Flusses
• (in German) Die interaktive Kulturkarte entlang der Donau
• (in German) Arbeitsgemeinschaft Donauländer Archived 2017-07-24 at the Wayback Machine
• (in German) Wiener Donaubrücken
• (in German) Donaubrücken bei brueckenbau-links.de