Magdeburg Water Bridge (Wasserstraßenkreuz Magdeburg)

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The Magdeburg Water Bridge (Kanalbrücke Magdeburg or Wasserstraßenkreuz Magdeburg) is a bridge that contains a navigating canal. The water bridge is part of the important link in the waterway network of that Germany. It is a component of the principal east-west inland waterway connection that links Germany to France, Switzerland Belgium, Holland, Luxemburg, Poland, the Czech Republic and the Baltic Sea.

We visited the Water Bridge on Sunday, in our way to the city of Magdeburg. It is an interesting sight, to see a river crossing over another one. The lower river, the Elbe, the upper river, the canal, passing through the bridge. See the pictures below. Quite interesting. 

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A Ponte da Água de Magdeburg (Kanalbrücke Magdeburg ou Wasserstraßenkreuz Magdeburg) é uma ponte que contém um canal de navegação. A ponte aquática faz parte da importante conexão na rede fluvial da Alemanha. É um componente da principal via navegável interior leste-oeste que liga Alemanha à França, Suíça Bélgica, Holanda, Luxemburgo, Polônia, República Checa e Mar Báltico.

Nós visitamos a Ponte da Água no domingo, à caminho da cidade de Magdeburg. É uma visão interessante, ver um rio passando sobre outro. O rio de baixo, o Elba, e o rio de cima, o canal, passando pela ponte. Vejas as fotografias abaixo. Muito interessante.



By Jörg Schönebaum <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:ClickKlack" title="User:ClickKlack">ClickKlack</a> - Own Work, see also <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.wasserstrassenkreuz.de/">more information on channel and Elbe river crossing near Magdeburg</a>., <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/de/deed.en" title="Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 de">CC BY-SA 2.0 de</a>, <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1047615">Link</a>














There are 70 waterways shown on this map; canals are in blue, rivers are in red 
 Existem 70 vias navegáveis neste mapa. Os canais estão em azul, os rios estão em vermelho
(source / fonte: Eurochannels)


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