The background to these measures is the imminent demolition of the western bridge structure on the north side of Industriestrasse Mitte. This leads over four VPS tracks. This structure, built in 1952, is a frame structure with a total length of approx. 51 meters. There are pillars in the middle.

The preparatory measures (covering and protecting the tracks with "excavator mattresses") will begin in the week starting April 27, 2026. The actual demolition will start on the afternoon of April 30, 2026 and should be completed by midday on May 2, 2026.

By then, the demolished concrete rubble must have been removed from the covered and protected track systems and the covers must have been dismantled.

The demolition project will be carried out with two excavators (35 tons), which will initially begin demolishing the caps on the bridge. Below the bridge, four more excavators (35 tons) will be available for demolition. The crawler excavators working above will then be moved down so that the main demolition work can be carried out simultaneously with six crawler excavators. At the same time, two large wheel loaders are used to load the broken concrete material onto several waiting trucks. These transport the demolition material away.

The eastern bridge structure over two VPS tracks and then the adjacent arched bridge over the SZ-Flachstahl sintered gas pipeline were demolished in a similar manner two years ago. Construction work is already underway at these locations to build a new replacement.

The costs for this construction project amount to approximately € 9.1 million. It is planned to complete the construction work in October 2027 and open the new bridges to traffic.

The structure to the south was already renewed in 1978 and has full load-bearing capacity.