Elster Viaduct

The Elster Viaduct is a railway bridge in the German state of Saxony. It carries the Leipzig–Hof line near Jocketa over the valley of the White Elster. After the Göltzsch Viaduct it is the second largest brick bridge in the world. The Elster Valley Railway passes under the 68 metre-high bridge.
The viaduct was built in the course of the construction of the Leipzig–Hof line of the Saxon-Bavarian State Railway . The foundation stone was laid on 7 November 1846. Up to 800 workers worked on the bridge from 1846 to 1851, laying 12 million bricks. In contrast to the Göltzsch Viaduct, which is only nine metres higher, it was built with normally shaped arches on only two levels. The lower level has five piers, four of which are built as double piers. The foundations of the piers and the deck were built out of slabs of granite.

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