Lorraine railway viaduct
{{Infobox Bridge
|bridge_name = Lorraine railway viaduct
|image = Railway bridge over the Aar Berne.jpg
|crosses = Aare
|locale = Bern, Switzerland
|length = {{convert|1092|m}}
|width =
|material = Reinforced concrete
|height =
|load =
|begin = 1936
|open = 1941
|preceded = Rote Brücke (Bern)
}}
File:Eisenbahnviadukt Bern.jpg
The Lorraine railway viaduct, or Lorraineviadukt, is a railway viaduct in the Swiss city of Bern. It carries the Olten–Bern railway across the River Aare immediately to the north of Bern railway station. The Lorraine road bridge is adjacent.
The bridge was built in concrete by the Swiss Federal Railways to replace the aging Rote Brücke and opened in 1941. It is {{convert|1092|m}} in length and was the longest four-track railway viaduct in Europe at the time of construction.{{Citation | last = von Bergen | first = Stefan | year = 1998 | contribution = Brückenschläge in die Zukunft – die Schlüsselrolle der Hochbrücken in Berns Urbanisierung | editor-last = Lüthi | editor-first = Christian | editor2-last = Meier | editor2-first = Bernhard | title = Bern – eine Stadt bricht auf: Schauplätze und Geschichten der Berner Stadtentwicklung zwischen 1798 und 1998 | location = Bern | publisher = Paul Haupt | pages = 36 | isbn = 3-258-05721-4}}{{cite journal|last=Bühler|first=A.|year=1934|title=Die Verlegung der Bahnlinie Wylerfeld-Bern an die Lorrainehalde|journal=Schweizerische Bauzeitung|volume=103/104|issue=23|doi=10.5169/seals-83225}}
See also
References
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External links
- {{commons category-inline|Lorraineviadukt (Bern)}}
- [http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?ID=s0017323 Lorraine viaduct on Structurae]
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Category:Bridges completed in 1941
Category:Bridges over the Aare
Category:Railway bridges in Switzerland
Category:20th-century architecture in Switzerland
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