Lego-Brücke

In 2011, graffiti and street artist Martin Heuwold repainted the bridge in the style of Lego bricks, receiving national and international media attention for his work.

[1] In 2011, artist Martin Heuwold was inspired to paint one of the bridges along the Wuppertal Northern Railway which had been decommissioned in 1991.

[2] After a meeting with the council of the city of Wuppertal and the charitable organization Wuppertal Bewegung, which had developed a bikeway and footway in place of the decommissioned railway, the bridge crossing the Schwesterstraße was chosen,[3] which connects the districts of Elberfeld (Ostersbaum neighborhood) and Barmen (Clausen neighborhood).

Heuwold was assisted by underemployed workers who were recruited for the project by Wichernhaus GmbH.

The project was funded by Wuppertal Bewegung and by the sponsors Akzenta and Klauser Schuhe.