The destroyed bridge over the Rhine between Krefeld and Uerdingen, Germany, in 1945. The road bridge was planned during the Weimar Republic but construction started in 1933, after the Nazis came to power. It was opened by Rudolf Heß on 7 June 1936 and named "Adolf-Hitler-Brücke". The bridge was blown up by German troops on 4 March 1945. Using many surviving parts, the reconstruction of the bridge started in 1948 and it was reopened as the "Krefeld-Uerdinger Rheinbrücke" on 4 November 1950.