Germany's longest bridge

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Steve Skinner

11 December 2008

Schwing pumps concrete for 8.6 km bridge

A six-year project to construct Germany’s longest bridge is underway in the Saale District of Sachsen-Anhalt. The Salle-Elster viaduct, when completed in 2012, will enhance the rail system in Southern Germany.

“Part of the route for the bridge runs through nature reserves where there is no access, so much of the bridge is being constructed using complex cantilevering,” said a Schwing spokesman.

Initial concreting at the eastern end of the bridge was completed using Schwing S42 SX truck mounted concrete pumps operated by Kann Beton. Hochtief then specified Schwing SP 2800 and SPB 30 stationary concrete pumps and placing booms at both ends of the bridge so that they could ‘travel’ with the Doka cantilevered falsework. Approximately 200000 m3 of concrete will be used for the construction.

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