German Unity Transport Project 8

 Nuremberg – Erfurt – Halle/Leipzig – Berlin

The Froschgrundsee Viaduct

Froschgrundsee Viaduct
Froschgrundsee Viaduct (Photo: Nürnberg Luftbild, Hajo Dietz)

Fact and figures

Structure type: prestressed concrete box girder, continuous girder chain, arch bridge with elevated track
Bridge length: 798 m
Width: 14.30 m
Span lengths: 6×44 - 9×30 - 6×44 m
Arch span: 270 m
Construction depth: 3.60 m
Construction height: 4.525 m

The planned two-track Rödental section of the new Ebensfeld-Erfurt line east of the municipality of Weißenbrunn vorm Wald crosses the Pöpelbach Valley and the Froschgrundsee lake at a height of about 65 metres.

Map

(Graphic: DB AG)

The valley has steep sides and a level valley floor about 300 metres wide containing the Froschgrundsee lake. On its south side there is a municipal road and the River Itz, which takes its natural course and has wooded banks, and on the north side there is the St 2206 main road.


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