The green bridge

Locht with the green bridge

This street is also an iron railway bridge that crosses the railway line Kerkrade - Simpelveld . It is placed here in 1930 and is the last of this type. In the spring of 2004, the bridge was closed to all traffic for maintenance . None of the three parties ( Kerkrade , ZLSM and the Dutch Railways=NS ) is to pay . At the start of the closure planning maintenance. Until the spring of 2005, the bridge was closed without maintenance activities .

In January 2005, the Municipality of Kerkrade gets the bridge owned from the NS. The NS paid half of the renovation costs up to a maximum of 300,000 Euros . Precious , cost -determining procedures were prevented. During the renovation damage to the steel structure was solved and was overcome by the application of epoxy problems on the road and a heavier traffic load possible. In September 2005, the bridge was open again. After the final acts in the spring of 2006, the bridge was opened to limited .