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5.3 Building specifications for the “Verkehrszug Waldschlösschenbrücke“
The following building specifications are taken from project bidding documents for the
Verkehrszug Waldschlösschenbrücke, planning section 1, B025000- Waldschlösschen
Bridge; 30/08/2005; Dresden Civil Engineering Office; ground plan, M 1: 500; (hereaf-
ter referred to as AVW 2005), as well as plan approval documents for the new Ver-
kehrszug Waldschlösschenbrücke; application submitted by the State Capital of Dresden
on 18/02/2003 (hereafter referred to as PFS 2003).
Topography
The planned location of Waldschlösschen Bridge is 2.5 kilometres east of the city centre
at the 52.68 km mark in the river. At this point, the Elbe is ca. 127 metres wide. The
entire landform of the Elbe (Elbe + Elbe floodplains) is approximately 800 metres wide
at the site of the planned bridge. The southern land area up to the Johannstadt hospital
reaches an elevation of only 4 metres, whereas the northern area up to Bautzner Strasse
starts at 17 metres and rises to approximately 26 metres above the river at Radeberger
Strasse. (Sources: documentation from the design competition for the new Waldschlöss-
chen Bridge [DRNBW]; PFS 2003).
The Elbe meadows, floodplains and the river itself are part of the “Dresdener Elbwiesen
und –altarme“ (Dresden Meadows and Bayous) nature reserve. The north-eastern part
of the project area affects the “Dresdener Heide” (Dresden Heath) nature reserve. The
“Glatthaferwiese am Elbufer Johannstadt“ (Tall Oat Grass Meadow on the Johannstadt
Elbe river bank), a 4.2-hectare nature reserve, is located entirely within the project area.
The project area also contains the “Sängereiche“ oak tree, a listed natural monument
(Source: PFS 2003, page 53).
Due to the complex topography of the area, the entire planned thoroughfare is divided
into two distinct structural sections. The first is the bridge structure, which includes
the bridge heads on the southern and northern sides of the Elbe valley. They integrate
the bridge into the surrounding road network. The second area is the tunnel under the
“Prussian Quarter“ which connects to the northern bridge head.
Bridge heads
The first section of the “Verkehrszug Waldschlösschenbrücke“, the overground part of
the bridge, is 636 metres long in total. The planned thoroughfare also features bridge
heads on the southern and northern sides. From a structural point of view, these bridge
heads function as abutments. However, they also allow for “multilevel“ access to sur-
rounding roads. The southern end of the bridge meets Fetscherstrasse and Käthe-Koll-
witz-Ufer. To allow for multilevel access to the bridge, Käthe-Kollwitz-Uferstrasse would
cross under the bridge following a new route north of the existing one. In addition, the
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