Ostbahnbrücke

The Ostbahnbrücke over the Danube Canal

The Ostbahnbrücke is a railway bridge that crosses the Danube Canal in Vienna and connects the districts of Simmering and Leopoldstadt .

location

The Eastern Railway bridge located near the Simmeringer E-Werk and Simmering gasworks .

history

Ostbahnbrücke and footbridge at the Ostbahnbrücke (2014)

1870-1939

In 1870 the Duisburg company built Harkort under the direction of Johann Caspar Harkort VI. (1817–1896) the bridge designed by Anton Battig and August Köstlin . It was built as a double - track truss bridge.

1939-1945

In 1939 the Ostbahnbrücke was rebuilt by the National Socialist rulers in order to adapt it to the increased load caused by the higher freight weight. The coming war with its increased freight volume due to the supply transports probably also played a role. In April 1945 it was blown up during the Battle of Vienna .

1946– today

The Ostbahnbrücke was rebuilt in 1946. It is not known whether the narrow " footbridge on the Ostbahnbrücke " on the Ostbahn already existed earlier. In the monograph “ Crossings - Bridges-City-Vienna ” it is listed as an independent bridge (object number 0207 0), which is under the supervision of Municipal Department 29 (Bridge Construction - Foundation Construction).

literature

Walter Hufnagel (Ed.): Crossings. Bridges - City - Vienna. Verlag Sappl, Kufstein 2002, ISBN 3-902154-05-5 .
Alfred Pauser: Bridges in Vienna. A guide through building history. Jumper. Vienna et al. 2005, ISBN 3-211-25255-X .

Web links

Commons : Ostbahnbrücke - collection of images, videos and audio files

Remarks

↑ Until the opening of the gasworks footbridge 960 meters to the west as a pedestrian bridge in autumn 1910 , the track of the state railway bridge was sometimes used to illegally cross the Danube Canal. - See: Daily News. (...) Killed by the express train on the state railway bridge. In: Arbeiter-Zeitung , central organ of Austrian social democracy . Morgenblatt, No. 142/1907 (Volume XIX), May 26, 1907, p. 8, column 1. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / aze.

48.186666666667 16.431388888889Coordinates: 48 ° 11 '12 " N , 16 ° 25' 53" E

[1] Until the opening of the gasworks footbridge 960 meters to the west as a pedestrian bridge in autumn 1910 , the track of the state railway bridge was sometimes used to illegally cross the Danube Canal. - See: Daily News. (...) Killed by the express train on the state railway bridge. In: Arbeiter-Zeitung , central organ of Austrian social democracy . Morgenblatt, No. 142/1907 (Volume XIX), May 26, 1907, p. 8, column 1. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / aze.