The Lorraine railway viaduct, or ''Lorraineviadukt'', is a

railway viaduct A viaduct is a specific type of bridge that consists of a series of arches, piers or columns supporting a long elevated railway or road. Typically a viaduct connects two points of roughly equal elevation, allowing direct overpass across a wide ...

in the

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city of

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. It carries the Olten–Bern railway across the River Aare immediately to the north of Bern railway station. The Lorraine road bridge is adjacent. The bridge was built in concrete by the

Swiss Federal Railways Swiss Federal Railways (german: link=no, Schweizerische Bundesbahnen, ''SBB''; french: link=no, Chemins de fer fédéraux suisses, ''CFF''; it, Ferrovie federali svizzere, ''FFS'') is the national railway company of Switzerland. It is usuall ...

to replace the aging '' Rote Brücke'' and opened in 1941. It is in length and was the longest four-track railway viaduct in Europe at the time of construction.

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Lorraine viaduct on Structurae

Bridges completed in 1941 Bridges over the Aare Railway bridges in Switzerland 20th-century architecture in Switzerland {{Switzerland-bridge-struct-stub

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