Goldach Viaduct
Coordinates: 47 ° 28 ′ 23 " N , 9 ° 27 ′ 31" E ; CH1903: 752 265 / two hundred fifty-nine thousand nine hundred and seventy-eight
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| use | railroad | |
| Convicted | Rorschach – St. Gallen | |
| Subjugated | Goldach | |
| construction | Stone arch bridge | |
| overall length | 77 m | |
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The Goldach Viaduct is a railway bridge of the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) , which connects the Rorschach – St. Gallen near Goldach SG via which Goldach leads.
The viaduct was built by the entrepreneur Georg Schöttle from Stuttgart according to the plans of the Stuttgart architect Karl Etzel . In contrast to the single-lane iron bridges over the Sitter , Glatt , Uze and Thur , the United Swiss Railways (VSB) opted for a two-lane stone arch bridge with five semicircular vaults for the construction of the Goldach Viaduct . In 1855, several natural events affected the construction of the bridge. On July 25th a violent earthquake shook the construction site and on August 21st a flood tore away part of the scaffolding. The keystone of the bridge over the Goldach was set on November 11, 1855. The meeting took place on October 9, 1856. On October 25, 1856, the St. Gallen - Rorschach railway with the Goldach Viaduct was opened.
Even after electrification in 1927, the structure was able to cope with heavy railway operations. In 1990 the bridge was renovated with the installation of a concrete support plate for double-lane operation. In 1993 the second track was put into operation.
The Goldach Bridge, along with the railway bridges at Turgi over the Reuss and Limmat, is one of the oldest still operating railway bridges in Switzerland.
Web links
Bridge construction with obstacles . St. Galler Tagblatt, August 22, 2013.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bruno Knellwolf: You must see ten bridges , St. Galler Tagblatt , September 19, 2014.
- ↑ The oldest standing operating Bahnbrücklein - in 1847 opened " Spanish Brötli train " over the Schäflibach in Dietikon - today by the powerful pavement structure of the SBB - double track covers.