2023-05-12 23:12:00
Around half of the 25 highest bridges are in at least one critical condition, the Federal Quality Association for the repair of concrete works announced this week. Eleven of the tallest bridges had significant deficits in load capacity, it said.
Germany’s government recently passed a draft law, according to which bridges should be renovated more quickly. The blasting of the Rahmede motorway bridge on the Sauerland line, which had been completely closed for a year and a half due to severe damage, recently caused a stir. The bridge was considered the central transport route from Dortmund to Hesse and Bavaria. Rahmede is not an isolated case.
“The condition of many bridges in the trunk road network is critical,” said Marco Götze, chairman of the federal quality association. A poor condition rating does not automatically mean that a bridge can no longer be fully used. “However, to ensure that there are no restrictions on use in the first place, upgrading and maintenance must be planned and carried out in good time. Extensive modernization and strengthening measures are required, especially for bridges that were not designed for the current and still growing heavy traffic”, said Gotze.
Those bridges, which according to the federal quality association are in a critical or unsatisfactory structural condition, were all built in the 1970s, it said.
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