this bridge opened in 1979 and eliminated a considerable amount of transit traffic south of düsseldorf and the south bridge (b 1), both then the only southern access from the left bank of the rhine to düsseldorf. also, it connected the a 46 with the a 57. the flehe bridge has in each direction three vehicle lanes and a hard shoulder. the bridge does not cross the rhine in a right angle, in order to preserve the area of water procurement of the old water company flehe. a remarkable feature of the flehe bridge is the reinforced concrete suspension tower, which looks like a ypsilon turned on its head. in the handles of the pylons an elevator and stairs are accommodated above the roadway. the handles are in bridge longitudinal direction only broad. they were manufactured with a climbing formwork. the 13-feldrige foreland bridge is a prestressed concrete construction work with a construction height of and a total span of = . thereby exists covers on a length of nine fields from two single-cell hollow boxes with ever broad base plate. the remaining four fields within the range of the bridge removing possess against it a five-cellular box cross-section with base plate width of . a structural steelwork has the river opening stretching far as if cover.