Elster Viaduct (Pirk)
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Elster Viaduct Elstertalbrücke | |
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Coordinates | 50°25′42″N 12°04′15″E / 50.42833°N 12.07083°E |
Carries | Bundesautobahn 72 |
Crosses | Elster valley |
Locale | Pirk |
Characteristics | |
Design | Stone arch |
History | |
Construction start | 1937 |
Opened | 1993 |
Rebuilt | 1990 |
Location | |
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The Elster Viaduct is a stone motorway bridge near Pirk, part of Weischlitz municipality, Germany. It carries the motorway Bundesautobahn 72. Although building began in 1937, it did not open to traffic until 1993.
History
[edit]Construction began in 1937, but halted again in 1940 due to World War II. The bridge could not be finished until after German reunification because after the war it lay in the restricted area of the East German state. In June 1990 preliminary investigations began, and building restarted in September 1990. In August 1993 the bridge was finally opened to traffic.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ "Autobahnbrücke Elstertal Pirk". www.vogtland-tourismus.de. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
Categories:
- Bridges completed in 1993
- Buildings and structures in Vogtlandkreis
- Road bridges in Germany
- Viaducts in Germany
- White Elster
- Weischlitz
- 1993 establishments in Germany
- Germany road stubs
- Saxony building and structure stubs
- European bridge (structure) stubs
- Germany transport stubs
- German building and structure stubs