High Moselle Bridge
Hochmoselbrücke | |
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The bridge in May 2019 | |
| Coordinates | 49°58′07″N 7°00′00″E / 49.9687°N 7.0001°E |
| Carries | Motor vehicles |
| Crosses | Moselle |
| Locale | Zeltingen-Rachtig, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Beam bridge |
| Material | Structural steel, Concrete |
| Total length | 1,702.4 metres (5,585 ft) |
| Width | 29.0 metres (95.1 ft) |
| Height | 158 metres (518 ft) |
| Longest span | 209.5 metres (687 ft) |
| No. of spans | 11 |
| History | |
| Construction start | August 2011 |
| Construction end | 2019 |
| Replaces | Brücke Zeltingen (on present B50/B53) |
| Location | |
Interactive map of Hochmoselbrücke | |
The Hochmoselbrücke (High Moselle Bridge) is a major road bridge, that crosses the valley of the Moselle south of Ürzig and north of Zeltingen-Rachtig in Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. It was opened to the public traffic on 21 November 2019. The bridge – part of a road connection, the Hochmoselübergang (High Moselle Crossing), incorporating a rerouted stretch of Bundesstrasse (Federal Highway) 50 – is intended to facilitate the flow of traffic between Belgian and Dutch ports and the greater Frankfurt area.