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Marchegg Viaduct

Marchegg Viaduct
Original function:
overpass / viaduct / tunnel
Current function:
overpass / viaduct / tunnel
Settlement:
Pozsony, Bratislava
Historical Hungarian county:
Pozsony
Country:
Slovakia
GPS coordinates:
48.241159, 16.946622
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History

In 1836 the Hungarian Parliament decided to build the railway connecting Pest (now Budapest) to Vienna through Pozsony. The Hungarian Central Railway Company started the construction of the line in 1844. The viaduct leads across the Morava River, which formed the border between Austria and Hungary. The viaduct was built between 1845 and 1850 and connected Hungary with the village of Marchegg in Lower-Austria. A wooden bridge was erected over the river in the central part of the stone viaduct, and it was destroyed by the Austrians in 1866 during their retreat from the Prussians. In 1868 a new steel bridge was built in its place.

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