Lingenau high bridge

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Coordinates: 47 ° 27 '8 "  N , 9 ° 53' 17"  E

Lingenau high bridge
Lingenau high bridge
use Hittisauer Strasse (L 205)
Crossing of Bregenz Oh
place Lingenau in Vorarlberg , Austria
construction Arch bridge
overall length 370 m
Longest span 210 m
height 90 m
start of building 1964
completion 1968
opening 1969
planner Franz Aigner
location
Lingenau high bridge (Vorarlberg)
Lingenau high bridge

The Lingenauer Hochbrücke is a reinforced concrete arch bridge that connects the village of Lingenau and the Alberschwender district of Müselbach in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg .

The 370 m long bridge is one of the largest reinforced concrete arch bridges in Central Europe. It spans the Bregenzer Ach at a height of 90 m with an arch span of 210 m. The two-hinged arch has an arrow height of 45 m. It consists of a two-cell, 6.60 m wide and 3.80 m high box girder on which the 10.30 m wide girder is elevated.

history

The Lingenau high bridge shortly after its completion in 1968 with the Bregenzerwaldbahn train running underneath
The Lingenau high bridge under construction

This arch bridge was built from 1964 to 1968 according to plans by Franz Aigner . When it opened in 1969, it was the seventh largest bridge of its kind in the world.

The high bridge replaced the winding old road that descends steeply into the Achtal. When it was completed, the Hittisauer Straße (L 205) above it was completed. This gave the Vordere Bregenzerwald between the terraces of Müselbach and Lingenau a modern connection to the Bregenzerwaldstraße (L 200).

In 1992 the Lingenau high bridge was completely renovated and given a new railing. Due to the large number of people who put their lives to an end by jumping off the bridge, a grid on both sides was attached to the bridge in 2011 to prevent future suicides .

literature

  • DEHIO manual. The art monuments of Austria: Vorarlberg. Lingenau. High bridge. Edited by the Federal Monuments Office. Schroll, Vienna 1983, ISBN 3-7031-0585-2 , p. 291.

Web links

Commons : Lingenauer Hochbrücke  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Marcel Prade: Les grands ponts du monde . Première partie, Ponts remarquables d'Europe. Brissaud à Poitiers, ISBN 2-902170-65-3 , p. 132
  2. ↑ A grid against bridges. Article on Vorarlberg Online from September 27, 2011.