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Winterhafen Swing Bridge – The South Bridge, Mainz loop from Mainz Hauptbahnhof

Winterhafen Swing Bridge – The South Bridge, Mainz loop from Mainz Hauptbahnhof

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Winterhafen Swing Bridge – The South Bridge, Mainz loop from Mainz Hauptbahnhof

01:22

30.5km

80m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Great for any fitness level. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 19, 2026

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Includes a movable bridge

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After 2.35 km for 39 m

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Train Station

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2.36 km

Winterhafen Swing Bridge

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The swing bridge at the Winter Harbor in Mainz was built around 1877 and is therefore one of the oldest swing bridges still in existence. It crosses the Winter Harbor and serves as a link between the old town and the pier on the Victor Hugo bank.

Twelve years after the Winter Harbor opened in 1865, the swing bridge allowed ships to pass through at any water level. After the Rhine bank was expanded, there were two swing bridges in Mainz. The bridge at the customs and inland harbor was demolished after 1945.

The building is a listed building and is considered a cultural monument. The mechanical rotating device of the bridge at the Winter Harbor had not been functional since 1996 and was replaced by a hydraulic device in 2009 because it was at risk of brittle fracture. In addition, yachts will also be able to drive into the Winter Harbor in the future to increase the recreational value of a nearby construction site. The old swing bridge was dismantled on March 20, 2009 with the participation of Riga Mainz. The new swing bridge was manufactured in April of the same year in the workshops of the Wiesbaden company Huhle Stahl- und Metallbau. The new steel structure was assembled on October 29, 2009.[1] The structure is 37.50 meters long, 4.50 meters wide and weighs 54 tons. The old bridge section weighed just 21.5 tons. It is an asymmetrical, two-wing road swing bridge made of riveted steel framework. This means that the appearance of the new bridge will be largely adapted to that of the old bridge. The construction materials meet modern requirements, for example the floor covering is made of aluminum instead of wooden planks as before.

The "king pin" as a pivot point is placed on a sandstone pillar. This part of the mechanism, which is no longer visible, has a diameter of 20 centimeters. The only part of the movement mechanism that can be seen is the running and rolling ring of the swing pillar. The bridge abutments are accentuated by balustrades that end in curved wall sections with stone benches.

Source Wikipedia: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drehbr%C3%BCcke_am_Winterhafen

The beautiful beer garden "Mole" directly at the swing bridge should also be mentioned.

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2.98 km

View of the confluence of the Main and the Rhine

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But from afar and with sunset mega 💚🤟🦊

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3.62 km

The South Bridge, Mainz

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The Mainz Südbrücke connects the federal states of Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate. The bridge is designed to have two tracks. Pedestrians and cyclists can also cross the Rhine on a footbridge attached to the outside of the bridge structure.

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12.7 km

Riverside Promenade on the Main in Rüsselsheim

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The Leinreiter monument on the River Main is reminiscent of the time when the ships were pulled upriver with horses.

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18.5 km

Main River Path Near Hochheim

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A newly paved cycle path leads first through Mainwiesen on a dam, then along the Main below the railway and the vineyards

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26.1 km

View of the Mainspitze and the confluence of the Main and the Rhine

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Here the Main flows into the Rhine. It has a very nice view of the Mainz waterfront.

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27.7 km

Bastion of Schönborn – Kasteler Beach

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She is 42 meters long, seven meters wide and the masts are 28 meters high. She looks like a three-masted ship, but it isn't: the restaurant ship Pieter van Aemstel was never a sailing ship, but used to sail in the North Atlantic as a herring trawler.

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28.3 km

Rhine Riverside in Mainz

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Always worth a trip....

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30.5 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

12.7 km

6.62 km

5.73 km

3.02 km

2.44 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

21.0 km

4.81 km

3.54 km

1.20 km

< 100 m

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Friday 3 July

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Winterhafen Swing Bridge – The South Bridge, Mainz loop from Mainz Hauptbahnhof

Winterhafen Swing Bridge

View of the confluence of the Main and the Rhine

The South Bridge, Mainz

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View of the Mainspitze and the confluence of the Main and the Rhine

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