in 1895, the first swing bridge at this point was built (on the photo in the background to detect), 1912, the Canal was extended and the existing swing bridge was too small. A new bridge was designed by Friedrich Voß, directed pink over the North Baltic Sea Canal until 1957 the metre gauge railway. Long traffic jams before the bridge caused by the high number of ship movements at the end of the 1950s. On the 24.Juli 1961, the bridge was closed, it only the transporter and a ferry to water disposal were then for pedestrians, the pedestrian tunnel was released on the 28.05.1965. The swing bridge was dismantled in 1964. The abutment and a plaque is still be seen today in the vicinity of the pedestrian tunnel.