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    BAS 597
    White Elster viaduct Burgstein Pirk
    Blick von süden

    Blick von süden

    2009

    © Michael Noack

    Nachfrage / demandUse only on request
    Bild 1

    18.02.2007

    © Hans-Ullrich Wilhelm

    verboten / prohibitedNo other use permitted
    Brücke nach dem Umbau

    Brücke nach dem Umbau

    16.10.1993

    © Günther Hoppe

    Nachfrage / demandUse only on request
    To Bridge Images
    Germany
    Saxony
    Pirk in Plauen
    in the Vogtland region between Pirk and Hof
    Weiße Elster, road, railway
    Motorway A72
    arch bridge, arch under the roadway
    (Pillar)-prestressed concrete (superstructure)
    1940 Pfeiler, Umbau 03.06.1991-31.08.1993
    38.50 m
    654.00 m
    28.50 m

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    14350.00 m2
    in operation
    Largest 60 m height rectangular stone arch bridge of Europe. The bridge during the war years 1938 to 1940 partially created (the arches were done), the > cold war < prevented the completion because this bridge of Bavaria and Saxony connects. only after the reunification of the bridge was completed (1991-1993). Despite substantial additional costs compared to a new building (the road width was planned on 2 x 2 tracks and no longer corresponded to the current standard and was therefore > overhang < completed.) So, the pillars are today Ashlar and superstructure of prestressed concrete. The link below shows the bridge in times of the cold war.