Bömighhäuser Viaduct
Coordinates: 51 ° 17 ′ 41 ″ N , 8 ° 45 ′ 34 ″ E
| Bömighhäuser Viaduct | ||
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| Convicted | Uplandbahn | |
| Subjugated | narrow brook valley and farm road | |
| place | Bömighausen , Northern Hesse | |
| construction | Arch bridge made of natural stone and poured concrete | |
| Number of openings | 5 | |
| completion | 1916 | |
| opening | 1916 | |
| closure | 1999-2003 | |
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| Above sea level | 500 m above sea level NHN | |
The Bömighäuser Viadukt is a single-lane railway bridge of the Uplandbahn near Bömighausen , a district of the municipality of Willingen (Upland) in the north Hessian district of Waldeck-Frankenberg ( Germany ). It is an arch bridge made of natural stone and poured concrete with five arches, four piers and two abutments . After a temporary break from November 1999 to December 2003, it is still used for rail traffic today.
Geographical location
The viaduct , at kilometer 49.3 of the Uplandbahn leading from Korbach via Brilon Wald to Brilon Stadt , between the Bömighausen stop north of Bömighausen and the Neerdar train station north of Neerdar, bridges a narrow valley over a small stream coming from the northeast Catchment area of the Neerdar and a farm road about 1 km north of the village center of Bömighausen. The railway line runs here in a curve from east to north between the “Wächtler” 611 m in the northeast and the “ Werbelberg ” 553.8 m in the southwest and the viaduct itself is therefore also slightly curved.
history
The viaduct, like the Rhena Viaduct about 2 kilometers to the east , was built from 1915 to 1916 by the Royal Prussian State Railways through the Cassel Railway Directorate . After the completion of the two, the Lelbach / Rhena - Eimelrod section was put into operation on April 1, 1916.
In November 1999, traffic from Korbach to Brilon Wald was temporarily suspended, among other things due to serious defects in the viaducts near Willingen, Usseln, Rhena and Bömighausen. The viaducts near Usseln and Willingen were renovated in 2002 and 2003 using a newly developed process. The smaller viaducts at Rhena and Bömighausen, which had also been in urgent need of renovation at least since the 1980s, were completely renovated in the same way in 2003. The bridge piers, the interior of which consisted of poured concrete of varying quality and strength, were provided with numerous holes 80 mm in diameter up to the foundations and the arches with holes 30 mm in diameter, and these holes were then filled with a cement suspension , which was after Hardening provided new strength. The outer facade was cleaned with water pressure of 2000 bar , loose rock was removed and a new outer shell was made with shotcrete . Also, the superstructure of the viaducts has been renewed, said originating from the 1916 thresholds by Y-shaped steel sleepers , and also originating from 1960 bars were replaced.
After this extensive renovation work, rail operations were resumed on the line in December 2003.
Footnotes
- ↑ The opening of the last two sections of the Uplandbahn from Eimelrod to Usseln (August 14, 1916) and from Usseln to Willingen (April 2, 1917) and thus the entire Wabern – Brilon Wald route took place on April 2, 1917 after the completion of the Usselner and of the Willinger Viaduct .
- ↑ Reopening of the Korbach - Willingen railway line , accessed on May 8, 2020