Neckar Valley Bridge Weitingen
Coordinates: 48 ° 26 ′ 56 " N , 8 ° 45 ′ 57" E
 Neckar Valley Bridge Weitingen
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| use | Highway bridge | |
| Convicted | Federal highway 81 | |
| Crossing of | Neckar | |
| construction | Girder bridge | |
| overall length | 900 m | |
| width | 31.5 m | |
| Longest span | 264 m | |
| height | 127 m | |
| start of building | 1975 | |
| opening | 1978 | |
| planner | Fritz Leonhardt (design), Hans Kammerer (architect), Ruhrberg Ingenieurgemeinschaft (structural engineering) | |
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The Neckartalbrücke Weitingen crosses the federal highway 81 in the section Stuttgart - Singen near Horb am Neckar in four lanes over the Neckar .
The girder bridge has spans of 234–134–134–134–264 meters, a total length of 900 meters and a height of 127 meters above ground. The width of the superstructure is 31.5 meters and consists of a 6.10 meter high steel box girder, which is 10 meters wide at the bottom.
A special feature are the edge fields spanned with ropes , which have a span of 264 meters on the south side. This made it possible to dispense with pillars in the valley slopes, the planning of which was against geological concerns. The construction of the bridge began in 1975, and traffic was handed over in 1978.
Immediately to the east of the Neckar Valley Bridge, the 110 kV Eutingen - St. Georgen traction power line crosses the Neckar Valley, which is suspended from 70-meter-high guy pylons.
Web links
- Neckar Valley Bridge Weitingen. In: Structurae
- Fritz Leonhardt on the technical features of the Neckartal Bridge Weitingen (lecture in Oslo, 1993) (from 0:26:02) on YouTube , accessed on March 13, 2019 ( English )