Moselle Viaduct

Geschichte

The Moselle Viaduct carries the Bundesautobahn 61 over a meander of the river Moselle, connecting the Hunsrück and Eifel mountain ranges. It was built between 1969 and 1972 between the German villages Winningen and Dieblich, about southwest of Koblenz, where the river Moselle flows into the river Rhine.Moselle Viaduct is also the name of the 1974 bridge where Bundesautobahn 1 between Wittlich and Trier crosses the river Moselle near Schweich.History and constructionThe Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development ordered the construction of the Moselle Viaduct with the state road division of Rhineland-Palatinate and the road department of Andernach. The construction was conducted by Heinz Schnorpfeil Bau GmbH, DSD Dillinger Stahlbau, Ed. Züblin AG, Julius Berger Bauboag AG, and Lenz-Bau AG. The total construction costs were 39 million DM.Like many bridges in the area, it was built as a steel beam bridge. The road deck is long, wide and weighs. It rests above the valley's lowest point on hollow concrete piers with walls of thick, which span respectively 156.8 - 218.2 - 170.5 - 146.1 - 133.9 - 109.6 m (514 - 716 - 559 - 479 - 439 - 360 ft). At the time, it was world's tallest motorway bridge.