The Hohenzollern Bridge was built from 1907 to 1911.
It consisted of three adjacent truss arch bridges, each with three arches.
While one part of the bridge was reserved for road and tram traffic, the other two carried railway tracks.
It was the only bridge in Cologne not destroyed by bombs during the Second World War.
On 6 March 1945 the Wehrmacht blew up the bridge to make it difficult for the Allies to cross the Rhine.
After the end of the war, one of the two railway bridges was rebuilt and opened in 1948.
Between 1956 and 1959 as well as from 1986 to 1987, two more truss arches were added.
Today, the Hohenzollern Bridge is a six-track railway bridge and has walkways and cycle paths on both sides.
I would have loved to get a photo of this bridge with the cathedral at the end of it.
In order to do that we would have had to of walked over the bridge.
Being tied to the cruise ship and a timetable we just didn't have the time to do that.
We enjoyed Cologne very much and would have liked to have spent more time there.
I believe our fellow pbase photographer Walter Koenig is from this fine city.