Schengen Viaduct

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Coordinates: 49 ° 28 ′ 46 ″  N , 6 ° 22 ′ 5 ″  E

A8 A13 Schengen Viaduct
  Schengen Viaduct
use Highway
Convicted Bundesautobahn 8
Autoroute 13
Crossing of Moselle
place Perl ↔ Schengen
construction Girder bridge
overall length 607 m
width 28.5 m
Longest span 130 m
Arrow height 23.7 m
Pillar strength 1.2 m
building-costs 20 million euros
start of building 1998
completion 2002
opening July 2003
location
Schengen Viaduct (Saarland)
Schengen Viaduct

The Schengen Viaduct (lux. Viaduc vu Schengen ) is a 607 meter long motorway bridge that spans the Moselle and connects the German A8 near Perl with Schengen on the Luxembourg A13 .

Since the Moselle, as a condominium, is the common territory of both states, the border signs are at different points on the directional lanes. The viaduct was built as a German-Luxembourg joint project under the direction of Brice Girard and opened to traffic in July 2003.

facts and figures

  • Construction time: November 1998 to November 2002
  • Cost: 20 million euros
  • Total length: 607 m (northern part), 597 m (southern part)
  • Width: 28.5 m
  • Height: 23.7 m
  • Medium span: 130 m
  • Spans north bridge: 49 - 2 × 72.5 - 87.5 - 130 - 87.5 - 60 - 48 m
  • Spans south bridge: 55.5 - 2 × 72.5 - 85 - 130 - 79.5 - 56 - 48 m
  • Diameter of the bridge piers: 1.2 m
  • Curve radius of the bridge: 1,100 m

The cantilever bridge consists of a northern and a southern part, for which several hollow box piers made of reinforced concrete were erected in pairs. The road has a slope of 4%.

On the bridge there are two lanes each for one direction of travel, there is a hard shoulder in both directions. The viaduct is crossed on the Luxembourg side by the national road N10 (Route des Trois Rivières) in the Schengen– Remich section .

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