List of the longest railway bridges in Germany

The lists contain railway bridges and elevated viaducts in Germany with a total length of at least 1000 meters or with a span of at least 150 meters that exist, have existed once or are under construction.

Elevated viaducts

viaduct	Length in km	route	location	Year of completion
Transrapid test facility in Emsland	≈ 31.8		Emsland district	1983
Wuppertal suspension railway	13.3		Wuppertal	1901
Berlin light rail	11.3	Ostbahnhof - Charlottenburg	Berlin	1882
Berlin subway line 1	6.0	Warschauer Strasse - Kurfürstenstrasse	Berlin	1902
Berlin subway line 2	2.5	Potsdamer Platz - Wittenbergplatz	Berlin	1902
Hamburg subway line 3	≈ 1.7	City Hall - Landungsbrücken	Hamburg	1912

Railway bridges sorted by total length

bridge	Length in m	largest span in m	route	location	Year of completion position
Saale-Elster valley bridge	6465	115	New Erfurt – Leipzig / Halle line	Hall	2013
Unstruttal Bridge	2668	116	New Erfurt – Leipzig / Halle line	Karsdorf	2012
Rendsburg high bridge	2486	140	Neumünster – Flensburg railway line	Rendsburg	1913
Hochdonn high bridge	2218	143	Marching track	Hochdonn	1920
Rhine bridge Wesel a	1950	104	Haltern – Venlo railway line	Wesel	1874
Ilm Valley Bridge	1681	175	High-speed line from Nuremberg to Erfurt	Langewiesen	2011
Fuldatal Bridge Solms	1628	44	High-speed line from Hanover to Würzburg	Niederaula	1988
Fulda valley bridge Morschen	1450	116	High-speed line from Hanover to Würzburg	Rotten	1989
Main valley bridge Veitshöchheim	1280	162	High-speed line from Hanover to Würzburg	Veitshochheim	1987
Leinachtal Bridge	1232	44	High-speed line from Hanover to Würzburg	Zellingen	1986
Bartelsgrabental Bridge	1160	58	High-speed line from Hanover to Würzburg	Zellingen	1986
Geratal Bridge Ichtershausen	1121	58	High-speed line from Nuremberg to Erfurt	Ichtershausen	2001
Grümpentalbrücke	1104	270	High-speed line from Nuremberg to Erfurt	Grumble	2011
Container station bridge Mannheim	1100	25th	Mannheim – Stuttgart high-speed line	Mannheim	1978
Auetal bridge	1056	44	High-speed line from Hanover to Würzburg	Kreiensen	1987
Enz Valley Bridge	1044	58	Mannheim – Stuttgart high-speed line	Vaihingen an der Enz	1989
Wittenberge Elbe Bridge	1030	86	Magdeburg – Wittenberge railway line	Wittenberg	1987
South bridge	1028	107	Rhine-Main Railway	Mainz	1949
Hindenburg Bridge a	1027	169	Right stretch of the Rhine	Rudesheim am Rhein	1915
Füllbach valley bridge	1012	63	High-speed line from Nuremberg to Erfurt	Grub am Forst	2012
Gänsebachtal bridge	1001	24.75	New Erfurt – Leipzig / Halle line	Buttstädt	2012

^a bridge destroyed in 1945

Railway bridges sorted by span

bridge	largest span in m	construction	route	overstretched	location	Year of completion position
Grümpentalbrücke	270	Arch bridge	High-speed line from Nuremberg to Erfurt	Grumble	Grumble	2011
Viaduct Froschgrundsee	270	Arch bridge	High-speed line from Nuremberg to Erfurt	Froschgrundsee	Roedental	2010
Hammer railway bridge	250	Tied arch bridge	Mönchengladbach – Düsseldorf railway line	Rhine	Dusseldorf	1987
Fehmarnsund Bridge b	248	Network arch bridge	Bird airline	Fehmarn Sound	Grossenbrode	1963
Main valley bridge Nantenbach	208	Truss composite bridge	Nantenbacher curve	Main	Neuendorf (Lower Franconia)	1993
Duisburg-Hochfelder railway bridge	189	Truss bridge	Duisburg – Rheinhausen railway line	Rhine	Duisburg	1927
Urmitzer railway bridge	188	Truss bridge	Right stretch of the Rhine	Rhine	Koblenz	1954
Grünental b	187	Truss bridge	Neumünster – Heide railway line	Kiel Canal	Beldorf	1986
Haus-Knipp railway bridge	186	Truss bridge	Duisburg – Moers railway line	Rhine	Duisburg	1912
Ilm Valley Bridge	175	Arch bridge	High-speed line from Nuremberg to Erfurt	Ilm	Langewiesen	2011
Rhine bridge Maxau	175	Truss bridge	Railway line Neustadt an der Weinstrasse – Wissembourg	Rhine	Wörth	1991
Müngstener Bridge	170	Arch bridge	Railway line Wuppertal-Oberbarmen-Solingen	Wupper	Remscheid , Solingen	1897
Hindenburg Bridge a	169	Truss arch bridge with drawstring	Right stretch of the Rhine	Rhine	Rudesheim am Rhein	1915
Hohenzollern Bridge	168	Truss arch bridge with drawstring	Cologne – Duisburg railway line	Rhine	Cologne	1911
New Niederräder bridge	168	Tied arch bridge	Rhein-Main S-Bahn	Main	Frankfurt am Main	1978
Cologne south bridge	165	Truss arch bridge with drawstring	Right stretch of the Rhine	Rhine	Cologne	1910
Oelzetal Bridge	165	Arch bridge	High-speed line from Nuremberg to Erfurt	Oelzetal	Altenfeld	2011
Massetalbrücke	165	Arch bridge	High-speed line from Nuremberg to Erfurt	Massetal	Oils	2012
Rhine bridge Speyer a, b	163	Truss bridge	Heidelberg – Speyer railway line	Rhine	Speyer	1938
Levensau b	163	Arch bridge	Kiel – Flensburg railway line	Kiel Canal	Kiel	1894
Main valley bridge Veitshöchheim	162	Arch bridge	High-speed line from Hanover to Würzburg	Main	Veitshochheim	1987
Truckenthal Viaduct	161	Arch bridge	High-speed line from Nuremberg to Erfurt	Truckenthaler reason	Schalkau	2011
Main bridge Hanau	160	Tied arch bridge	Rhein-Main S-Bahn	Main	Hanau	1994
Wittenberg Elbe Bridge	157	Tied arch bridge	Berlin – Halle railway line	Elbe	Wittenberg	2000
Ludendorff Bridge a	156	Truss arch bridge with drawstring	Connection right and left Rhine route	Rhine	Drake , Remagen	1919

^a Bridge destroyed in 1945
^b Combined rail and road bridge

Individual evidence

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