Baja Bridge
General Information
| Structural Type: |
Truss bridge
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| Function / usage: |
Railroad (railway) bridge
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| Built: | 1907 - 1909 |
| Status: | destroyed (1944) |
Geographic Information & Related Structures
| Location: |
Baja, Bács-Kiskun, Hungary, Europe |
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| Crossed |
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| Replaced by |
Baja Bridge (1950)
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Technical Information
Dimensions
| main spans | 103.0 m - 2 x 103.5 m - 103.0 m |
Materials
| truss |
steel
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Chronology
| 1935 | A single-lane wooden road deck is added. |
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| 21 September 1944 | During a bomber attack three spans collapse into the Danube. |
| October 1944 | The remainder of the superstructure is destroyed. |
Participants
Construction
Steel construction
Relevant Web Sites
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Relevant Publications
- Der Umbau der Straßen- und Eisenbahnbrücke zu Baja, presented at 3. Internationale Donaubrückenkonferenz, 3rd International Conference on Bridges across the Danube, 29-30/10/1998, Regensburg, Germany.
Internal Information
| Structure-ID: | s0003729 |
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| Created: | 20/06/2002 |
| Last Updated: | 27/02/2013 |