Awning Viaduct
| Awning Viaduct | ||
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 Northern stone arch bridge remnant |
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| builder | Society of the Palatinate Northern Railways | |
| Architectural style | Stone and iron framework construction | |
| Construction year | 1872-1874 | |
| demolition | 1945 except for the remainder | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 38 '16 " N , 8 ° 2' 49.1" E | |
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The Pfrim Valley Viaduct, also known colloquially as the Marnheim Bridge , was a railway bridge near Marnheim in the Donnersberg district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It was built as a stone arch and truss bridge between 1872 and 1874, was 260 m long, 30 m high and led the Donnersbergbahn from Hungerberg over the Pfrimm valley to the Zellertalbahn , which is still in operation on weekends today. The bridge is a listed building and forms the "gateway to the Zellertal ".
Geographical location
The viaduct was built east of the Marnheim core town. His northern stone arch bridge is on the northeast edge of the village at about 193 m above sea level. Above sea level. It is located 45 meters south of the Federal Highway 47 and 200 m north of the mouth of the Goldbrunnen trench (Goldbrunnenbächlein) in the flowing there in southwest-northeast direction Rhein influx Pfrimm and transferred to a dirt road. About 240 m south-southeast of the center of the northern remainder of the bridge, at about 200 m above sea level, near the south bank of the Pfrimm, is the remainder of the stone pillars of the southern abutment .
History and description
The Pfrimm Valley Viaduct was built between 1872 and 1874 as a 260 m long and 30 m high stone arch and truss bridge with a superstructure made of lattice or steel girder construction. Its bridge piers were built on pile foundations .
Shortly before the end of the Second World War , the bridge was blown up on March 20, 1945 by retreating Wehrmacht troops . The connection to Mainz via Alzey was thus interrupted. After the war efforts were made to rebuild the viaduct, but this failed - as did a re-routing without a viaduct - because of the costs. In addition, the railway had switched to buses.
Since the embankment to the north of the viaduct was removed when the B 47 was laid (still recognizable in the upper photo by the different processing of the previously covered stones), the northern remains of the bridge have been completely free.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b History of the Marnheim Railway ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , on kirchheimbolanden.de
- ↑ a b bridge stump ( Memento of the original of September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in tour , on kirchheimbolanden.de
- ↑ a b Map service of the landscape information system of the Rhineland-Palatinate Nature Conservation Administration (LANIS map) ( notes )
- ^ Klaus D. Holzborn : Eisenbahn-Reviere Pfalz , Verlag Transpress, Berlin, 1993, ISBN = 3-344-70790-6
Web links
- History of the Marnheim Railway , on kirchheimbolanden.de
- Bridge stump in tour , on kirchheimbolanden.de