Wikipedia:<br>The over the Easter Valley viaduct obernkirchen in Saarland St. Wallace was a railway viaduct of Westrichbahn, that has been converted into a cycling and hiking trail after closure of the railway line. It was built in the years 1934 and 1935 and is one of the largest stone bridges of in Germany, which has been since 1996 under monument protection.<br>Plans for a continuous railway link between Landstuhl and Kusel existed in the 19th century. Construction was started from Landstuhl in 1868, and until 1888, the tracks were completed to turquoise mill. After that, the continuation of the project on the topography in places difficult route through the Westrich at the edge of the North Palatine uplands rested almost 50 years.<br>construction on the missing section of and in the same year on the viaduct near obernkirchen began in 1934. It was to a targeted NS employment program in such a way, that the Westrichbahn a high strategic military importance was on the eve of the second world war. In 16 months of construction, 16,000 m³ basalt stones to the 275 m-long bridge with 12 arches on 11 pillars were joined together by the Cologne branch of the construction company, Polensky & Zöllner, 1987 in bankruptcy. the viaduct was finished in 1935. in 1936, the entire stretch of Turquoise mill - was opened Kusel.<br>In 1969/1970, the Westrichbahnlinie due to lack of profitability has been closed, and were gradually off the Rails (in contrast to the 5 km after the bridge crossing Easter Valley Railway, whose regular Verkehr is also set, but was reactivated as a tourist train). In the years 1971 to 1977, the bridge was temporarily available as a viewing platform, but then had to be closed because of disrepair and fell into disrepair.<br>In tourist interest, the restored bridge came in 1993 with the opening of the decorated to honor the regional tenor Fritz Wunderlich, 24 km long cycling and hiking trail. The obernkirchen Viaduct is one of the distinctive, documentary panels backed stations of this way.