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The Saale-Elster Viaduct project
South of Halle (Saale), the new line from Erfurt to Leipzig/Halle crosses the Saale-Elster floodplain on a viaduct with a length of around 6.5 kilometres. In addition, the city of Halle is being connected to the new line by means of an additional 2.1-kilometre line on the bridge. This merging with the Weißenfels-Halle line takes place before the new station of Halle-Ammendorf.
Facts and figures
| Construction length of main bridge: | 6,465 m |
| Bridge width: | 13.90 m |
| Width for line branching off: | 29.2 m |
| Speed on main bridge: | 300 km/h |
| Track centre distance: | 4 m |
| Bridge heigh: | max. 21 m |
| Girder span (cantilever length): | 44 m |
| Suspended deck arch bridge (overpass structure) span length: | 110 m |
| Bridge supports: | 208 |
| Length of bridge for line branching off to Halle: | 2.112 km |
| Width of bridge for line branching off to Halle: | 8.9 m |
| Speed on line branching off: | 160 km/h |
| Superstructure construction type for the tracks: | ballastless slab track |
| Completion: | 2012 |
The continuous bridge from Erfurt eastwards links the line to the section from Gröbers to Leipzig airport/Halle, Leipzig trade fair centre, Leipzig central station and the Leipzig freight distribution centre. It takes the Erfurt-Halle branch over a suspended deck arch bridge on which the deck is suspended from a steel arch. In this section the Saale-Elster Viaduct is wider to accommodate four tracks. In the other sections it has two tracks.
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