Ponte Cagrana, 2000
Seasonal pontoon bridge on the New Danube
Kagran / Donauinsel
Vienna, June 2018
“Ponte Cagrana is a temporarily established pontoon bridge for pedestrians and cyclists over so-called New Danube (Danube's diluvian bed), in Vienna, Austria. It is situated ~200 meters ~NNW of Reichsbrücke and connects Vienna's 22d district Kagran with Donauinsel (Danube Island.) The bridge is removed during winter time, and also if some level of flooding is reached -- which usually would occur during early spring, i.e. during winter closure. Note that the bridge's name is a [very probably intentional and humoristic!] misspelling: The structure was built after a recreation area at New Danube's left shore had been called Copa Cagrana, in a humoristic allusion to ‘Copacabana’, by the locals. Whilst German Brücke (bridge) is grammatically female, Italian ponte is male -- the name therefore should have been ‘ponte Cagrano’, if at all.” (Ponte Cagrana, Wikipedia)
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