German Unity Transport Project 8

high-speed line Nuremberg – Erfurt – Halle/Leipzig – Berlin Nuremberg – Erfurt – Halle/Leipzig – Berlin

The Weißenbrunn Viaduct at Forst

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Weißenbrunn Viaduct at Forst (Photo: Nürnberg Luftbild, Hajo Dietz)

Facts and figures

Bridge length:	614 m
Width:	14.30 m
Span lengths:	43 – 7x44 – 50-76-50 (frames 176m) –44 – 43 m
Frame span length:	76 m
Construction depth:	4 m
Construction height:	4.925 m
Earth excavated:	approx. 17,500 m³
Concrete for foundations, frames, supports and abutments:	approx. 8,500 m³
Concrete for superstructure, including edge capping:	approx. 9,000 m³
Reinforcing and prestressed steel:	approx. 2,100 t

The planned two-track Ebensfeld-Erfurt line crosses the valley of the Weißenbrunner Bach stream east of the municipality of Untersiemau in Weißenbrunn am Forst in the administrative district of Coburg (Bavaria).

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.