Münchberger Valley
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The Münchberger Senke is a section of the BAB 9 motorway near Münchberg , where fog often forms due to the valley location . In the course of the six-lane expansion of the A 9, the previous roadway was replaced by a valley bridge in 2000, also to lift the route over the fog, and automatic traffic signs were installed later.
The route became famous on October 19, 1990 through one of the most momentous accidents in German road traffic.
Route section, expansion
The A 9 runs between the Münchberg-Nord and Münchberg-Süd motorway entrances through a valley in which fog often accumulates. In addition to two pile-ups , accidents have often occurred in this valley . In 2002, 11 accidents occurred between these two junctions, to which the Münchberg volunteer fire brigade had to move out.
A viaduct was completed in 2002 as part of the six-lane expansion. After the second pile-up, a traffic control system was set up in 2005 .
Serious accidents
October 19, 1990
On October 19, 1990 one of the worst road accidents in Germany occurred after a sudden fog. At around 8:30 a.m., a road user reported a rear-end collision with ten vehicles to the police at the lowest point of the Münchberger Senke. Ten minutes later, around a hundred vehicles had collided. Five vehicles were in flames and there were numerous injuries.
The volunteer fire brigades from Münchberg, Stammbach , Helmbrechts , Selbitz and Hof came to rescue the victims and extinguish them. On that day, the A 9 was completely closed until the late evening hours between the Hof and Bayreuth / Kulmbach junctions.
In the accident 10 people were killed and 122 others injured, 38 of them seriously. A total of 121 vehicles were involved. Other sources speak of 141 injured. The driver of the milk truck was sentenced to three years' imprisonment. The guilt could only be proven to a limited extent, as he had consumed the speedometer disc as possible evidence at the scene of the accident.
April 11, 2003
On April 11, 2003 there was another serious accident in the Münchberger Senke. This time a total of 182 vehicles drove into each other due to heavy snowfall at 1:40 p.m. The volunteer fire brigades from Münchberg , Stammbach and Helmbrechts came to rescue the injured and to bind leaking supplies. The highway was partly closed on both sides until the evening hours.
According to the police report, a total of 56 people were injured in this accident (18 of them seriously), which were taken care of by 50 employees of the rescue service and three fire departments. In this accident, which involved more vehicles than the first, fewer people were injured and there were no deaths.
Münchberg Viaduct
In order to avoid running the motorway through the fog valley after the first mass accident, the Münchberg viaduct was built from 1998 to 2000 as part of the six-lane expansion of the A 9 .
The motorway, which previously ran on a dam with seven passages, was relocated to the viaduct for almost 38 million DM. The motorway is now around 18 meters higher than before on a stretch of almost 500 meters.
The bridge with two superstructures has a length of 494.5 m with ten fields. The spans vary between 43 and 52 m. It is a prestressed concrete box construction , the pillars and abutments are made of reinforced concrete . Plexiglas noise barriers are installed on both sides .
Web links
- Report and pictures of the Münchberg volunteer fire brigade on the second accident
- Münchberger Valley. In: Structurae
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Renate Juszig: Death in the Fog - About a pile-up . ZDF report.
- ↑ Frankenpost , October 19, 2000
Coordinates: 50 ° 11 ′ 35 ″ N , 11 ° 46 ′ 3 ″ E