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fare, in particular its gradient. (Source: Statement by Dr. Glaser during the “Elbe Bridges
Workshop,“ pages 9 and 10, 28-29 May 1996).
Consequently, the “International Design Competition for a New Elbe Bridge at Wald-
schlösschen“, which followed in the same year, took the route pursued to this day as
its basis, namely an Elbe Valley bridge with a subsequent tunnel through the northern
Elbe hillside. Other key traffic engineering guidelines required that the two bridge heads
feature multilevel intersections. A total width of 26.50 metres for the cross-section of
the bridge was specified in the competition guidelines. It was stated that the bridge
should have two lanes measuring 4.75 meters in width as well as a public transport area
to be accessible if required and including an integrated tram line. In addition, it was
stated that the bridge should also feature a pedestrian and cycle path, each 3.5 metres
wide.
The winners of the design competition were the Kolb/Ripke team of architects in Berlin,
Thomas Kolb, Henry Ripke; Eisenloffel/Sattler Engineers in Berlin; Daniel Sprenger,
Landscape Architect; Henning Jesse, CAD Design Office, Berlin. The winners were
subsequently commissioned to undertake further planning.
Traffic-related planning guidelines changed during the course of planning stage. Instead
of reserving the middle of the bridge for trams, plans were altered to include additional
lanes for private transportation in both directions. As a result, there would be two lanes
running in each direction, that is, a total of four lanes, each 3.25 meters wide. The
original plans for a tram line were replaced by a bus line. In addition, several types of
multilevel access to the northern bridge head were examined. The competition speci-
fications originally required a multilevel intersection at the Radeberger Strasse/Stauf-
fenberger Allee junction but this requirement was dropped. As an alternative solution,
the option of a largely multilevel junction at Bautzner Strasse was pursued further (see
building specifications, section 4.2).
On 18/02/2003, the city of Dresden submitted a request for approval of the plans.
Approval was granted on 25/02/2004. This constitutes building permission. On
07/09/2004, the city council voted to block the funds for the project, but this move
was vetoed by the mayor on 23/09/2004. In a local referendum held on 27 February
2005, 34.4% of those eligible to vote cast a “yes“ ballot to the Waldschlösschen
Bridge. (Source: Dresdener Amtsblatt [Dresden Official Journal], 03/03/2005) This
means that approx. 68% of the citizens who took part in the referendum voted in
favour of the bridge (51% voter turnout). Bidding for the project began in August 2005
and is now completed.
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