The Luhetal Viaduct was built in the Greene district to enable travel on the railway.
The fascinating art of stone construction 150 years ago is documented in the grandiose viaduct structure (built from 1862 to 1864), the Greener Viaduct, which was built as part of the first railroad line in the Duchy of Braunschweig-Lüneburgvia Kreiensen to the westernmost tip of the Duchy on the Weser. The line was opened on October 10, 1865. The Duchy of Braunschweig commissioned the one-way railroad and tunnel builder Franz von Rziha.
With a total height of 31 meters, the structure spans the Luhetal and the Bundesstraße 64 over a length of around 97 meters.
The bridge is an ashlar structure made of silver dolomite stone with eight semicircular arches of equal size. The imposing, landscape-defining viaduct is the only preserved railroad structure of its kind in Lower Saxony.
Originally double-tracked, the local area has only been single-tracked since 1991 and is currently mainly used for local passenger transport.
With a total height of 31 meters, the structure spans the Luhetal and the Bundesstraße 64 over a length of around 97 meters.
The bridge is an ashlar structure made of silver dolomite stone with eight semicircular arches of equal size. The imposing, landscape-defining viaduct is the only preserved railroad structure of its kind in Lower Saxony.
Originally double-tracked, the local area has only been single-tracked since 1991 and is currently mainly used for local passenger transport.
