Cross Valley Viaduct
Coordinates: 51 ° 45 ′ 36 ″ N , 10 ° 51 ′ 50 ″ E
| Kreuztalviadukt Krockstein Viaduct |
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| Official name | Krockstein Viaduct | |
| use | Rübelandbahn | |
| Crossing of | B 27 , Kreuztal | |
| place | Rübeland OT Neuwerk | |
| construction | Gerber girder bridge | |
| overall length | 99 m | |
| Number of openings | 4th | |
| Longest span | 27 m | |
| height | 29.16 m | |
| start of building | February 1, 1930 | |
| completion | June 26, 1930 | |
| opening | February 12, 1931 | |
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The Kreuztal Viaduct, also known as the Krockstein Viaduct, in the Harz is a 99 m long, almost 30 m high, single-track railway bridge of the Rübelandbahn (formerly Harzbahn ) near Rübeland in the Harz district , Saxony-Anhalt .
Geographical location
The viaduct is located in the Lower Harz in the Harz / Saxony-Anhalt Nature Park . It is located about 1 km east of Rübeland . It spans the Kreuztal, a side valley of the Bodetal , and the B 27 .
History and description
The Krockstein Viaduct was built in 1930/31 as part of the construction of the Hüttenrode –Rübeland section of the Rübelandbahn. It is a Gerber girder bridge with four fields on three central supports. The middle fields are between 23 and 27 m wide. The bridge is considered the largest railway bridge in the Harz Mountains. In the direction of Hüttenrode, the road gradient is 2.85%. The bridge lies between two tunnels : the 90 m long Nebelholz tunnel joins in the direction of Rübeland, and the Krumme Grube tunnel with a length of 307 m in the direction of Hüttenrode .
literature
- Werner Steinke: The Rübelandbahn in the Harz. 2nd Edition. Transpress, Berlin 1994, ISBN 3-344-70908-9 .
