page_title: Werdau–Mehltheuer railway
section_title: Civil engineering
hierarchical_section_title: Werdau–Mehltheuer railway / Route description / Civil engineering
caption_attribution_description: English: Oschuetztal bridge in Weida, inoperative; the new line runs 230 m northwest on an embankment with underbridge; Thuringia, Germany. Deutsch: Oschütztalviadukt in Weida, stillgelegt; die neue Trasse verläuft 230 m nordwestlich auf einem Damm mit Unterführung; Thüringen, Deutschland.
context_page_description: The Werdau–Mehltheuer railway is a branch line in the German states of Saxony and Thuringia, originally built and operated by the Royal Saxon State Railways. The section from Werdau to Weida via Wünschendorf is now closed. The section between Weida and Mehltheuer is part of the Gera–Hof link.
context_section_description: Oschütztal Viaduct
  
  The viaduct over the Oschütz valley (Oschütztal) in Weida is the longest and most important bridge construction on the line. The 185 metre-long and 28 metre-high truss bridge is designed as a pendulum pillar viaduct (Pendelpfeilerviadukt) and is now under heritage protection. Since 1983 it has not been used for structural reasons and the junction has been moved further south.
  Tunnels
  The railway line now has two tunnels, the 79 metre-long Schlossberg Tunnel between Weida Mitte and Weida Altstadt and the 71 metre-long Vipsberg Tunnel between Weida Altstadt and Loitsch-Hohenleuben. The 97 metre-long Schüptitz Tunnel was converted into a cutting in 1929, because otherwise an expensive partial restoration would have been necessary. The removed rock has been safely secured in the sides of the cutting.
caption: Oschütztal Viaduct (2009)
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