highline179

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Coordinates: 47 ° 27 ′ 49 ″  N , 10 ° 43 ′ 11 ″  E

Highline179
Highline179
use pedestrian
Crossing of Fernpassstrasse
place Reutte
construction Rope bridge
width 1.2 m
Longest span 406 m
Load capacity 1000 people
Clear height 113 to 114 m
start of building April 2014
opening 22nd November 2014
construction time 206 days
planner Armin Walch
location
Highline179 (Tyrol)
Highline179

The highline179 is a pedestrian - suspension bridge in the form of a cable-stayed bridge over the Fernpassstraße B 179 south of Reutte in Tirol ( Austria ). It extends at a height of 113 to 114 m over the Ehrenberg Castle World and connects the Ehrenberg ruins with Fort Claudia . The location of the bridge was chosen so that at the time of completion it was one of the longest pedestrian suspension bridges in the world, with a span of 406 m. It serves to make it easier to visit the two castle ruins and, with around 200,000 bridge visitors per year, is an independent tourist attraction for the Reutte community.

construction

The 1.20 m wide running surface consists of a grating that rests on cross struts that are attached to the four supporting cables with a diameter of 60 mm each via vertical hangers . A 1.35 m high handrail is mounted on both sides of the walking surface , which is connected to the grating by a wire mesh. The supporting cables are attached to both sides of the bridge with a total of 16 anchors , which are drilled 17 m deep into the rock. The dead weight of the bridge is around 70 tons.

One end of the bridge is 9.85 m higher than the other end. The footbridge sags by 17 m compared to an imaginary straight line between the two ends, whereby the sag can increase by around one meter depending on the temperature and the load. The carrying capacity is 1000 people; For safety reasons, however, only 500 people are allowed to be on the bridge at the same time, which is ensured by turnstiles at both ends. An entrance fee is charged for the use of the privately financed bridge, which is cushioned by the municipality's liability if the minimum use is not reached.

Floor and railings

history

Night lighting

In spring 2012, after the building permit had been granted, the planning of the highline179 was created. The aim was to build the longest suspension bridge in the world, with a length of approx. 406 meters. The idea comes from Maximilian Huttenloher (1952–2009), it was built under architect Armin Walch, who was also involved in the planning of the Holzgau suspension bridge .

At the beginning of 2013 an investor was found for the project. The market town of Reutte, the European Castle Museum Ehrenberg and the TVB Naturparkregion Reutte signed the contract as the basis for the construction and operation of the suspension bridge.

Construction of the highline179 began in April 2014, and the groundbreaking ceremony took place at the beginning of May. To protect the Fernpass road to be crossed , protective scaffolding with formwork panels was erected over a length of 20 meters.

The bridge was closed on October 29, 2014, nine days after the last rope pull. The opening was scheduled for October 10, 2014 and was postponed to November 22, 2014.

After thorough examination, the highline179 was included in the Guinness Book of Records as the “longest pedestrian suspension bridge in Tibet style”. The Guinness World Records Certificate confirmed " The longest Tibet-style footbridge is Highline179, a 402 m (1,318.9 ft) catenary-shaped walkway " and thus differentiated it from the approximately 440 m long bridge in Sochi's Skypark , which has now been opened Fixed sidewalks suspended under a tension band is constructed differently.

In April 2019, a 267 m long inclined elevator was opened. It holds 50 people, overcomes the approx. 110 m difference in height between the visitor center and the stop at the Hornwerk in around 2.5 minutes and is called the Ehrenberg Liner . A flat, paved path leads from the stop at the Hornwerk to the exhibition in the Hornwerk and to the portal of the suspension bridge.

Web links

Commons : Highline179  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ highline179 , a website of the tourism association Naturparkregion Reutte
  2. ↑ Reutte plans longest suspension bridge in the world orf.at, August 20, 2013, accessed June 10, 2014
  3. ↑ highline 179: Dizzying effect economy.tirol
  4. ↑ highline 179 Figures, data & facts ( Memento from September 5, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ↑ highline179 - Tickets
  6. ↑ Groundbreaking ceremony for the world's longest suspension bridge orf.at, May 6, 2014, accessed June 10, 2014
  7. ↑ Groundbreaking for the longest suspension bridge in the world rundschau.at
  8. ↑ Helmut Mittermayr: Start of construction for record suspension bridge: model helicopter tows rope , Tiroler Tageszeitung from May 8, 2014, accessed on March 5, 2020.
  9. ↑ Bridge connection completed
  10. ↑ Tiroler Brücke makes it into the Guinness Book of Records Kurier from December 1, 2014
  11. ↑ Entry in the Guiness book for Highline 179 "icing on the cake" Tyrolean daily newspaper from December 1, 2014
  12. ↑ Suspension bridge in the Guinness Book of Records ORF news from December 1, 2014
  13. ↑ cf. Sochi Sky Park
  14. ↑ The bridge world record belongs to Sotschi, not Reutte Article in the Tyrolean daily newspaper from October 29, 2014
  15. ↑ [1]
  16. ↑ https://www.ehrenberg.at/de/ehrenberg-liner.html