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Saale Bridge Rudolphstein (Bridge of German Unity)

Saale Bridge Rudolphstein (Bridge of German Unity)

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Saale Bridge Rudolphstein (Bridge of German Unity)

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Location: Hirschberg, Saale-Orla-Kreis, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany

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Norðurljós

May 13, 2017

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The listed building consists of three parallel bridges and stands between the junctions Bad Lobenstein and Rudolphstein. The vault bridge was first opened to traffic on September 27, 1936 and belonged to the well-known large bridges of the highway construction program of the Nazi era. She was a role model for many similar bridges.

The motorway bridge at Rudolphstein spans the Saale and today forms the Thuringian-Bavarian border.

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Matze

January 2, 2023

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You should definitely take a look below. When crossing the motorway, you don't see much of the imposing structure (old status and newly added side).
As beautiful as the area and the building are: the noise from the motorway is omnipresent...

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Harald Schramm (Schocker)

February 7, 2020

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The viaduct was built by an average of 300 workers at a cost of around three million Reichsmarks within a year (this would correspond to today's purchasing power of around …

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