List of bridges over the Rhine

As a result of the straightening of the Alpine Rhine, there are now two cut-off river sections, both named Alter Rhein (lit.

This list includes both existing and former bridges over the Rhine, sorted by the sections of the river.

Railway bridges, are listed with the nearest train stations on the left and right banks.

The bridges at Huningue, Rastatt, Rüdesheim (Hindenburgbrücke) and Remagen (Ludendorffbrücke), were built for strategic military reasons only, in order to allow the Imperial German Army and later on, the Wehrmacht, to quickly transport forces by rail to Germany's western border in the event of a war with France.

Unlike other bridges built for the same purpose, such as the ones at Koblenz or Cologne, these bridges were of almost no use in peacetime and thus, were never rebuilt, after their destruction during the last months of World War II, except for the one at Rastatt, which was used to supply units of the French Army stationed in the area.