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Revision as of 00:35, 22 November 2009

Siegtal Bridge
Siegtalbrücke
Eiserfeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
328 feet high / 100 meters high
345 foot span / 105 meter span
1969

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Constructed in 1969, the super sized Siegtal bridge was one of Germany’s earliest 100 meter high viaducts. Arcing 3,445 feet (1,050 mtrs) above the small city of Eiserfeld, the bridge consists of two steel box girders 17.5 feet (5.36 mtrs) deep. The southbound box girder was constructed first with a truss traveler before the northbound box girder was then constructed next to it.


2SiegtalbruckeRobertIonescuWikimedia.jpg

Image by Robert Ionescu.


3SiegtalbrueckeEricSchumacher.jpg

Image by Eric Schumacher.


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Siegtal Bridge satellite image.