Pfrimm Viaduct
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The Pfrimm Viaduct (German: Pfrimmtalviadukt), colloquially also called the Marnheim Bridge (Marnheimer Brücke), was a railway bridge near Marnheim in the county of Donnersbergkreis in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It was built as a stone arch and truss bridge from 1872 to 1874,[1] was 260 metres long and 30 metres high,[2] and carried the Donnersberg Railway from Hungerberg over the valley of the Pfrimm to the Zeller Valley Railway, which is only open at weekends today. The bridge is a protected monument and forms the "Gateway to the Zellertal" (Tor zum Zellertal).
The viaduct was built east of Marnheim. The remains of its northern stone arch bridge are located on the northeastern edge of the village at about 193 m above sea level (NHN).[3] It is 45 metres south of the B 47 and 200 metres north of the confluence of the Goldbrunnengraben (Goldbrunnenbächlein) and the Rhine tributary, the Pfrimm, and carries a field track. About 240 metres south-southeast of the centre of the northern part of the bridge at a height of about 200 m[3] near the south bank of the Pfrimm are stone pier remains of the southern abutment.
