Hochdonn High Bridge Hochbrücke Hochdonn | |
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 Train over the Hochdonn High Bridge | |
| Coordinates | 54°00′58″N 9°17′51″E / 54.0161°N 9.2975°E |
| Carries | Marsh Railway |
| Crosses | Kiel Canal |
| Locale | Hochdonn, Germany |
| Official name | Eisenbahnhochbrücke Hochdonn |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Truss bridge |
| Material | Steel |
| Total length | 2,218 metres (7,277 ft) |
| Height | 68 metres (223 ft) |
| Longest span | 143.10 metres (469.5 ft) |
| Piers in water | None |
| Clearance below | 42 metres (138 ft) |
| History | |
| Designer | Friedrich Voss[1] |
| Construction start | 1913 |
| Construction end | 1919 |
| Opened | 11 June 1920 |
| Location | |
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The Hochdonn High Bridge (Hochbrücke Hochdonn in German) is a railway bridge in the Marsh Railway crossing the Kiel Canal near Hochdonn, Germany. It is a riveted steel bridge, "exposed to extreme railway traffic".[2]
- ^ "Hochdonn High Bridge (Hochdonn, 1919)".
- ^ G. Sedlacek; C. Kammel; B. Kühn; W. Hensen (2007-11-30). "Condition assessment and inspection of steel railway bridges, including stress measurements in riveted, bolted and welded structures- Background document SB3.4" (PDF). Sustainablebridges.net (E-report). SB3.4. European Commission within the Sixth Framework Programme (2002–2006). Retrieved 23 March 2014.