Landmark railway bridge to cross German-Polish border

[John Ashworth]

Landmark river bridge to cross German-Polish border

DB Netz is to call tenders in August for the construction of a ‘landmark’ bridge across the River Oder near Kostrzyn, which forms the border between Germany and Poland... The 266 m long bridge... will replace a truss bridge dating from before World War II...

The €36·7m bridge project forms part of the modernisation of the Berlin – Kostrzyn – Gorzów Wielkopolski section of the historic Ostbahn main line, which was disrupted by the post-war border changes and the Cold War...