General Information
Name in local language: | Dritte Elbebrücke Roßlau |
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Completion: | 1735 |
Status: | destroyed (4 March 1784) |
Project Type
Function / usage: |
Road bridge |
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Material: |
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Location
Location: |
Roßlau, Dessau-Roßlau, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany |
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Crossed: |
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Replaced by: |
Fourth Rosslau Elbe River Bridge (1787)
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Replaces: |
Second Elbe River Bridge at Rosslau (1682)
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Technical Information
Dimensions
span lengths | 14 - 22 m | |
number of spans | 12 - 13 |
Materials
deck |
wood
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piers |
wood
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Chronology
1759 | During the Seven Years' War the Prussian army is ordered to destroy the bridge. The citizens of Rosslau, however, protest and Prussian officer von Jungk only has the deck flooring removed. |
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4 March 1784 | Destroyed by ice drifts. |
Participants
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20016453 - Published on:
26/05/2005 - Last updated on:
28/05/2021