Fechinger Viaduct

Coordinates: 49 ° 12 ′ 19 ″  N , 7 ° 3 ′ 17 ″  E

Fechinger Viaduct
use	Highway bridge
Convicted	Federal motorway 6
Crossing of	Saarbach , Saarbrücker Strasse
place	Saarbrücken
construction	Girder bridge
overall length	410 m
width	25 m
height	49 m
start of building	1958
completion	1963
location

The Fechinger Talbrücke is a 410 meter long valley bridge on the federal motorway 6 in the Saarbrücken district of Brebach-Fechingen and spans the Saarbach . It was designed and installed by the company B. Seibert GmbH from Saarbrücken . The bridge was completed in April 1963. The bridge comprises six spans, four of 72 meters and two of 56 meters in length. The width of the lane is 25 meters. The bridge is a listed building .

Full closure from March 2016

The Fechinger Talbrücke was closed on March 24, 2016 by the State Agency for Road Construction (LfS). The reason for the full closure was the construction- related, massive static deficits, which could not be ascertained during the previous regular bridge inspections. The load-bearing capacity was exceeded under heavy traffic. The material-saving design carries the risk that the pillars could suddenly fail. The closure of the busy motorway bridge led to a traffic obstruction.

On May 16, 2016, the bridge was released for vehicles up to 3.5 t total weight. Heavier vehicles that disregarded the entry ban were recognized by an automatic weighing system and stopped by a barrier. Such vehicles were then escorted off the motorway by the police in front of the bridge.

After the bridge piers were reinforced by introducing additional cross struts, the bridge has been approved for vehicles over 3.5 tonnes since October 31, 2016. The costs for the immediate measures such as the weighing system and the reinforcement work are estimated to total over ten million euros. Nevertheless, a new building is necessary. The planning of the new bridge should take up to eight years. The estimated cost is 126 million euros, with completion not expected before 2030 .

literature

• H. Schmeer, W. Heinzel: The motorway bridge over the Fechingertal near Saarbrücken . In: Stahlbau , April 1964, No. 4, pp. 97-108

Web links

• Viaduct Fechingen , entry on the website structurae.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Lit .: Europa Verkehr, Volumes 15-17, page 22, 1967.
2. ↑ List of monuments of the Saarland - sub-monuments list of the state capital Saarbrücken; P. 41 ( Memento of the original from January 16, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; PDF file as of December 16, 2013  
3. ↑ Background information on the closure of the Fechinger Talbrücke , notification from the State Office for Road Construction (LfS) of March 24, 2016, accessed on April 6, 2016
4. ↑ Acute risk of collapse: Authority closes Fechinger Autobahn bridge , Saarbrücker Zeitung, March 26, 2016
5. ↑ Saarländischer Rundfunk: Viaduct for cars up to 3.5 t free again. (No longer available online.) In: SR.de. Archived from the original on May 16, 2016 ; accessed on May 16, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
6. ^ Saarländischer Rundfunk: Viaduct will be open again at the end of October. (No longer available online.) In: SR.de. September 1, 2016, archived from the original on September 2, 2016 ; accessed on September 2, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
7. ↑ Free travel for trucks comes earlier . In: Saarbrücker Zeitung, September 2, 2016
8. ↑ Architectural competition planned for viaduct