Kreuztal Viaduct, Steel railway bridge in Oberharz am Brocken, Germany.
The Kreuztal Viaduct is a steel bridge that crosses a valley in this mountainous area and carries the railway line upward. The structure rests on three large piers and features multiple spans that bridge across the ravine.
Construction of this railway bridge began in 1930 and was completed a year later to allow the line through the Harz mountains. It was built as part of a larger railway project meant to open up the region.
The bridge is part of the Rübelandbahn railway, a line that historically connected people in this mountainous area to important industrial centers. Today trains still cross it, bringing visitors through the Harz landscape and showing how the region remains linked by rail.
The bridge sits where the railway climbs steeply through the Harz forest. Visitors can best view it from hiking paths or from the train as they explore the area.
The bridge was built during a time when modern steel construction was still uncommon, displaying skilled engineering from that era. Its construction posed a technical challenge that forced engineers to develop new solutions for the mountainous terrain.
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