Twiste Viaduct

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Coordinates: 51 ° 27 ′ 50 ″  N , 9 ° 7 ′ 7 ″  E

Twiste Viaduct ( Twiste valley bridge
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Twiste Viaduct (Twiste valley bridge)
View from the Weldaer Berg southeast to the Twist valley bridge
Official name Twiste Viaduct
use Federal motorway
Convicted Federal motorway 44
Subjugated Twist
place near Welda and Wormeln ; District of Höxter , North Rhine-Westphalia ( Germany )
construction Reinforced concrete and prestressed concrete
overall length 637 m
Number of openings 9
height 57 m
construction time 1968-1971
location
Twiste Viaduct (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Twiste Viaduct
Above sea level 224  m above sea level NHN

The viaduct Twiste , also Twistetalbrücke known is that between the Warburger districts Welda and Wormeln in Westphalia North Rhine- Höxter on Twiste leading motorway bridge the Bundesautobahn 44 . It is 637 m long and 57 m high at the middle of the bridge; according to other sources, it is 650 m long and only 47 m high.

Geographical location

The Twist valley bridge is located in the south of the Teutoburger Wald / Eggegebirge nature park between the Warburg junctions (No. 65; direction Dortmund ), which is 950 m northwest, and Breuna (No. 66; direction Kassel ), which is 8.5 km southeast; the Hessian border is 2.7 km away in the direction of Dortmund and 2 km in the direction of Kassel (all distances are measured from the middle of the bridge). Looking down the river, they are close to the bridge under the structure at about 167  m above sea level. NHN height flowing twist the Warburg districts Welda in the south-southwest and Wormeln in the north-northeast. The bridge is located at 218  m (northwest abutment) to 230  m above sea level. NHN (southeast abutment), resulting in an average height of 224  m .

State road  552 (Welda – Wormeln) runs parallel to the river under the bridge ; from this the L 837, which begins at Welda, runs to the Warburg junction , where the road merges into the federal road 252 running in the direction of Germete and Warburg . In addition, the Twisteweg cycle path runs under the bridge on the route of the former Warburg – Sarnau railway line .

The Weldaer Berg ( 230.6  m ) with the Weldaer Berg nature reserve is located northwest of the bridge in the direction of Dortmund at the Warburg junction and the Hoppenberg ( 246.2  m ) with the Hoppenberg nature reserve to the south-southeast in the direction of Kassel . In the direction of Kassel there is the Hoppenberg autobahn car park (approx.  244  m ) and 2.05 km southeast of it in the direction of Dortmund is the Unter den Buchen autobahn car park ( 273.3  m ).

History and description

The construction of the Twist valley bridge began in 1968 and ended in 1971. The client was the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the client was the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Housing .

The 637 m long and a maximum of 47 m high girder bridge spans the Twiste valley in a slightly arched manner. The twin bridges standing directly next to each other have hollow boxes made of prestressed concrete in each direction of travel . They were each built with eight bridge piers and nine bridge segments made of reinforced and prestressed concrete.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g Brückentag with a difference ( memento from January 27, 2016 in the web archive archive.today ), see lower press release from June 26, 2006 (accessed on January 26, 2016), from cdu-volkmarsen.de
  2. ↑ a b c Twistetalbrücke (photo) on commons.wikimedia.org
  3. ↑ a b Bridge height above valley floor in meters (m) using differential measurements in Topographical Information Management, Cologne District Government, Department GEObasis NRW ( information ) ( DGK 5): approx. 224  m above sea level. NHN (⌀ height of the bridge center) minus 167  m above sea level NHN (Twiste altitude below the middle of the bridge) = 57 m
  4. ↑ a b Twiste Viaduct. In: Structurae , accessed on January 26, 2016, from structurae.de
  5. ↑ a b c d Topographical Information Management, Cologne District Government, Department GEObasis NRW ( information )
  6. ↑ Bridge center height in meters (m) above sea ​​level (NHN) using differential measurements in Topographical Information Management, Cologne District Government , Department GEObasis NRW ( Notes ) ( DGK 5): 218.0 (north-west abutment) + 230.0 (south-east abutment) / 2 = 224 m