Hornberg railway viaduct
Coordinates: 48 ° 12 ′ 52 ″ N , 8 ° 13 ′ 51 ″ E
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| use | Black Forest Railway | |
| Convicted | Reichenbachtal | |
| place | Hornberg | |
| Entertained by | DB Netz AG | |
| construction | Vault bridge | |
| overall length | 150 m | |
| Number of openings | 7th | |
| Longest span | each 14.5 m | |
| height | 24 m | |
| building-costs | 1.8 million Reichsmarks | |
| start of building | 1924 | |
| completion | 1925 | |
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The Hornberg Railway Viaduct is a vaulted bridge of the Baden Black Forest Railway that was built between 1924 and 1925 and spans the Reichenbachtal in Hornberg . It is the only viaduct of the Black Forest Railway.
The viaduct is 150 m long, 24 m high and has seven arches, each 14.50 m wide, which rest on six pillars and two mighty abutments . It consists of around 14,000 m³ of concrete and is clad with around 3800 m³ of granite stones. The construction made it possible to replace an old double-track steel bridge built between 1869 and 1871 and to expand the track system to three tracks . This became necessary due to the increasing traffic and the use of heavier locomotives .
Web links
Commons : Hornberg Railway Viaduct - Collection of images, videos and audio files
literature
- Wilhelm Keim: The conversion of the Hornberg valley crossing at km 42.3 of the Black Forest Railway. In: Die Bautechnik , Volume 5, Issue 12 (March 18, 1927), pp. 141–161
- The only viaduct of the Baden Black Forest Railway . In: The Railway Engineer . No. 1 , 2014, p. 82 .