Passerelle Mimram

About

The Mimram or Les Deux-Rives walkway is a footbridge for pedestrians and cyclists that connects the two parts of the garden of Les Deux Rives on either side of the Rhine, between the French city of Strasbourg and the German city of Kehl. It owes its name to Marc Mimram, a Parisian architect who designed other bridges in France. This gateway is considered a modern and contemporary work of art.

Only for pedestrians and cyclists, it also allows access to the disabled (the arrangement makes the bridge very practical for the latter). A deck-to-hauban type, it consists of two aprons connected in its centre by a platform that offers an unprecedented view of the Rhine. The gateway is the central element of the Garden of the Two Rives (in German Garten der zwei Ufer), and is intended to mark the strength of Franco-German exchanges.

At the 2009 NATO summit in Strasbourg and Kehl, the heads of state led by German Chancellor Angela Merkel met on 4 April in the middle of the bridge where Nicolas Sarkozy was waiting for them to arrive on the French side. An official photo was made on the bridge and this bridge was shown...