It remains to be seen whether the 985-meter-long prestressed concrete viaduct, which runs through the middle of the Kinzigaue, is advantageous for the landscape. But since its completion in 1994 it has held the record as the longest motorway bridge in the state of Hesse.

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The Kinzig is a river approximately 86 kilometers long. It rises in Sterbfritz, flows southwest through the Main-Kinzig district of Hesse, and flows into the Main from the right in Hanau. The Kinzig is a second-order river in low mountain ranges. It overcomes an elevation of 301 meters and has a bed gradient of 3.5 per thousand. The Kinzig's catchment area covers 1,058 square kilometers, and the calculated mean discharge (MQ) at the mouth of the Kinzig is 10.97 cubic meters per second.

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