Rendsburg High Bridge
Rendsburg High Bridge Rendsburger Hochbrücke | |
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Main span of the Rendsburg High Bridge | |
| Coordinates | 54°17′36.94″N 9°40′58.45″E / 54.2935944°N 9.6829028°E |
| Crosses | Kiel Canal |
| Locale | Rendsburg, Germany |
| Official name | Eisenbahnhochbrücke Rendsburg |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Cantilever bridge |
| Material | Steel |
| Total length | 2,486 metres (8,156 ft) |
| Height | 68 metres (223 ft) |
| Longest span | 140 metres (460 ft) |
| Piers in water | None |
| Clearance above | 42 metres (138 ft) |
| History | |
| Designer | Friedrich Voss |
| Construction start | 1911 |
| Construction end | 1913 |
| Location | |
The Rendsburg High Bridge (German: Rendsburger Hochbrücke, officially Eisenbahnhochbrücke Rendsburg) is a railway viaduct on the Neumünster–Flensburg line that also serves as a transporter bridge. The bridge crosses the Kiel Canal at Rendsburg in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. It is federally owned through the Federal Water and Navigation Administration that also owns and runs the canal.