page_title: Middle Bridge, Basel
section_title: Renovation
hierarchical_section_title: Middle Bridge, Basel / The Modern Bridge / Renovation
caption_attribution_description: English: Mittlere Bruecke seen from Wettsteinbruecke
context_page_description: The Middle Bridge is a historic bridge in the Swiss city of Basel. It is situated on the oldest existing bridge site across the Rhine, between Lake Constance and the North Sea.
context_section_description: The bridge was refurbished with no alterations made to its appearance in 2002.
  The bridge has been closed to private motor vehicles as part of the car free city centre since the start of 2015. The pavements were widened by 40cm at the cost of road space in the summer of 2017.
caption: Modern Middle Bridge - Basel
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