The Neue Elbbrücke, or New Bridge over the Elbe, is one of the most distinctive bridges in Germany.

The first road bridge over the Norderelbe was built between 1884 and 1887 and was designed with distinctive lenticular girders according to the Lohse system. Granite was chosen as the building material for the pillars. The building received two striking neo-Gothic portals, designed by the architects Wilhelm Hauers and August Pieper. Built in brick and sandstone between 1886 and 1888, the work was on a par with the most famous gateway portals of the Middle Ages, and the overall character was a reference to the architecture of Hanseatic cities.

Despite the heavy bombing of Hamburg during World War II, the structure retained its form and was not destroyed, unlike most of the city’s buildings. Between 1957 and 1960, the bridge underwent a comprehensive modernization. At that time, the original west bridge and neo-Gothic portals were demolished 

The above photo is from the “Album Von Hamburg” is a simple picture book of large format, which was sold around 1910 as a souvenir.

https://dailytimewaster.blogspot.com/2025/08/georg-koppmanns-photograph-of-bridge.html

https://www.whitemad.pl/en/neue-elbbrucke-in-hamburg-how-a-miracle-of-19th-century-engineering-disappeared

https://nucius.org/en/a-historical-photograph-found-on-nucius-org-2-24/