Storstrøm Bridge

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Sekundærrute 153

Storstrømmen

Storstrømsbroen is a 3199 -meter-long bridge, which connects the Danish islands of Falster and Masnedø together. From Masnedø from the connection via the Masnedsundbroen continues to Zealand.

The building was built between 1933 and 1937 is a combined rail and road bridge. It replaced an earlier train ferry on the railway line Vordingborg - Nykøbing and transferred the Sekundærrute 153 At the time of its completion, it was the second longest railway bridge in Europe (after the Firth of Tay Bridge ). The building has 50 spans. The three main spans with spans of 103.90 m m 137,75 103,90 m have been carried out as improper arch bridges with under -lying roadway. The clear height is 26 m. Other openings are made of steel girders with full overhead roadway and have spans up to 60 m. A special feature of Storstrøm is that attached to her beams for a 110- kV AC transmission line.

With the German invasion of Denmark on 9 April 1940 the bridge by German paratroopers was occupied. The Danish bridge guards were surprised by the attack from the air and disarmed after a brief skirmish.

In October 2011, cracks on the bridge were found, which brought several weeks of blocking for rail transport with it. Because all rail traffic would have to be of a fixed Fehmarn Belt link out on the Storstrøm, doubts are raised as to whether the bridge is this traffic requirements still grown. The cost of a new bridge is estimated at DKK 3.9 billion ( approximately EUR 523 million ).

The Danish Parliament has the majority decided on March 21, 2013, to build a new combined road and rail bridge with pedestrian and bicycle path on the Storstrømmen. The bridge is to receive two lanes. The two railway tracks should be accessible at 200 km / hr. Planning should begin in 2013, the building in 2018. The bridge will be completed in time for the opening to traffic of the fixed link in 2021. Subsequently, the current bridge will be demolished.