This is a channel-bridge over the River Elbe and joins the former East and West Germany, as part of the unification project. It is located in the city of Magdeburg, near Berlin. The photo was taken on the day of inauguration.
Plans for joining the two canals had been conceived as far back as 1919, and construction on such a project began during the 1930s, but first world war II and then the post division of Germany put the project on hold until after German reunification was achieved in the 1990s.
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