Wiesen Viaduct [SEP] material used
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner's painting "Brücke bei Wiesen".
Technical data.
The Wiesen Viaduct is high and long. Its main span is only wide, but also long, which makes it one of the longest main spans of any masonry bridge.
To the west of the main span are two arches, each long. East of the main span are four more arches, each of them also long.
These technical characteristics combine to make the Wiesen Viaduct the Rhaetian Railway's largest stone and second largest bridge
with a total length of 4,200 metres and 28 bridges are passed between Davos Platz and Filisur, which makes the line technically extremely interesting, not least because of the famous Wiesen Viaduct.
Immediately south of the Wiesen Viaduct there is also a Hipp turning disk ("Wendescheibe") at the edge of the track, which, however, is no longer used as a railway signal for rail operations.
A parliamentary initiative launched in 2008 to connect this line with the Arosa Railway is currently not considered a priority by the