Editing Kiel Canal (section)

== Crossings ==
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[[File:Eisenbahnbrücke Rendsburg.jpg|thumb|The [[Rendsburg High Bridge]]]]
[[File:Levensauer Hochbrücke (um 1900).jpg|thumb|The [[Levensau High Bridge]]]]
Several railway lines and federal roads ([[Autobahn]]en and [[Bundesstraße]]n) cross the canal on eleven [[fixed link]]s. The bridges have a clearance of {{convert|42|m|ft|sp=us|abbr=on}} allowing for ship heights up to {{convert|40|m|ft|sp=us|abbr=on}}. The oldest bridge still in use is the ''Levensau High Bridge'' from 1893; however, the bridge will be replaced in the course of a canal expansion already underway.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wsv.de/ftp/presse/2009/00272_2009.pdf |title=Alte Levensauer Hochbrücke wird neu gebaut |language=de |date=14 July 2009 |publisher=Wasser- und Schifffahrtsamt Kiel-Holtenau |access-date=1 July 2020 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304205118/http://www.wsv.de/ftp/presse/2009/00272_2009.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.kn-online.de/Kiel/Levensauer-Hochbruecke-Im-Fruehjahr-wird-s-ernst |title=Im Frühjahr wird's ernst |language=de |work=[[Kieler Nachrichten]] |date=5 October 2018 |first=Frank |last=Behling |access-date=1 July 2020}}</ref> In sequence and in the direction of the official kilometre count from west (Brunsbüttel) to east (Holtenau) these crossings are:
* ''Brunsbüttel High Bridge'', four lane crossing of [[Bundesstraße 5]]
* ''[[Hochdonn High Bridge]]'' of the [[Marsh Railway]]
* ''Hohenhörn High Bridge'' for [[Bundesautobahn 23|Autobahn 23]]
* ''Grünental High Bridge'' for railway line [[Neumünster]]-[[Heide]] and Bundesstraße 204
* ''[[Rendsburg High Bridge]]'' for the [[Neumünster–Flensburg railway]], from which a [[transporter bridge]], used by local traffic, is suspended
* ''Kanaltunnel Rendsburg'', road tunnel for Bundesstraße 77 (four lanes)
* ''Rendsburg pedestrian tunnel'' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wsa-kiel.wsv.de/Tunnel-Bruecken-Faehren/Tunnel/FuTu/index.html|title=Fußgängertunnel Nord-Ostsee Kanal in Rendsburg|publisher=Wasserstraßen- und Schifffahrtsamt Kiel-Holtenau|access-date=2016-12-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170329062835/http://www.wsa-kiel.wsv.de/Tunnel-Bruecken-Faehren/Tunnel/FuTu/index.html|archive-date=2017-03-29|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* ''Rade High Bridge'' for [[Bundesautobahn 7|Autobahn A7]]
* ''[[Levensau High Bridge]]'' from 1893 for the [[Kiel–Flensburg railway]] and a local road
* ''New Levensau High Bridge'' for Bundesstraße 76 (four lanes)
* ''Holtenau High Bridges'', two parallel bridges with three car lanes each as well as pavements for pedestrians and cyclists

Local traffic is also served by 14 ferry lines. Most noteworthy is the “[[Transporter bridge|hanging ferry]]” ({{langx|de|Schwebefähre}}, literally: "hovering ferry") that is hanging underneath the ''[[Rendsburg High Bridge]]''.  This hanging ferry was replaced after a collision with a ship in 2016, and returned to service in 2022. All ferries are run by the Canal Authority and their use is free of charge.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wsa-kiel.wsv.de/Webs/WSA/WSA-Kiel-Holtenau/DE/1_Wasserstrasse/2_Tunnel-Bruecken-Faehren/3_Faehren/Faehren_node.html |title=Unsere Fähren |language=de |publisher=Wasserstraßen- und Schifffahrtsamt Kiel-Holtenau |access-date=1 July 2020 |archive-date=8 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210208152629/https://www.wsa-kiel.wsv.de/Webs/WSA/WSA-Kiel-Holtenau/DE/1_Wasserstrasse/2_Tunnel-Bruecken-Faehren/3_Faehren/Faehren_node.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>