Theodor Heuss Bridge (Frankenthal)

The four-lane bridge crosses the upper Rhine north of the cities of Ludwigshafen and Mannheim in an east-west direction on the motorway connecting Saarbrücken, Kaiserslautern, Mannheim, and Viernheim.

The land span on the western side is somewhat longer, because the west bank is flatter than the east.

On 12 December 1940, a major accident occurred when the frame collapsed.

The bridge has no shoulders along the roadway which results in kilometer-long traffic jams during maintenance work and after accidents.

A walkway is available along the center of the bridge that allows walkers and cyclists to cross the Rhine.