German Unity Transport Project 8

 Nuremberg – Erfurt – Halle/Leipzig – Berlin

The Pöpelholz Viaduct

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

Fact and figures

Structure type:prestressed concrete box girder, single-span girder chain
Bridge length:306 m
Width:14.30 m
Span length :43 – 5 × 44 – 43 m
Construction depth:4.00 m
Construction height:4.925 m

The Pöpelholz Viaduct skirts the western edge of Pöpelholz in the municipality of Schönstädt and crosses the Pöpelbach Valley at a height of about 28 metres.

Map
(Graphic: DB AG)

Between the sides of the valley to the north and south, the valley has a level floor with the Weißenbrunner Bach stream flowing through the northern part of it.


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