The construction of the new temporary bridge - designed as a bascule bridge - replaced the existing pontoon bridge over theZingster streamparallel and to the west of the swing bridge. The decision to build another temporary structure could, according to local rumours, be due to the high costs of a permanent new solution (not least for the costly renovation of the swing bridge) and the fact that a decision has not yet been made to build a railway line from the mainland over to Zingst (as part of the reactivation of the former "Darß-Bahn").
The Stralsung Waterways and Shipping Authority now provides the following technical data for the passage:
New temporary bridge (bascule bridge)
- Bridge main clearance height in closed condition: 2.10 m above MW
- Bridge main passage width: 13.00 m
Meiningen Bridge (swing bridge)
- Bridge main clearance height in closed condition: 3.30 m above MW
- Bridge main passage width: 18.50 m
Thecurrent bridge opening times apply to both bridges and are published on the website of the Stralsund Waterways and Shipping Office and as a notice to mariners.
