Photo Gallery Bridge Over Troubled Waters
The German city of Dresden prides itself on its Elbe valley, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. A planned bridge (indicated in red) could endanger the area's status.
View from Waldschlösschen Pavilion -- after which the planned Waldschlösschen Bridge will be named -- to the city center of Dresden. The new bridge will block the view.
The Elbe valley was awarded the status as World Heritage Site in 2004.
After UNESCO learned of the plans to build the Waldschlösschen bridge over Elbe valley, the site was put on its red list of endangered heritage sites in 2006.
A number of courts have ruled on whether to allow the bridge plans to proceed to the construction stage.
A digital picture showing the planned Waldschlösschen Bridge. A March 2007 decision to go ahead with the construction was criticized by UNESCO representatives and politicians.
