The highest point above ground is 60 m. It consists completely of a steelwork construction, whose rolling-element bearing rests on concrete pillars.

In contrast to similar bridges, the roadways of both driving directions are carried by continuous elements.

At 10:40 on 26 August 2004 a car, whose driver was not holding a license,[1] collided with a tanker truck containing 32,000 liters of fuel on the Wiehltal Bridge.

The guard rails were designed only to stop vehicles up to 13 tons and were unable to hold the truck, which fell 30 meters off the A 4 Autobahn and exploded.

The truck driver was killed; the heat damage destroyed the load-bearing ability of the bridge and it had to be closed to traffic.