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With the opening of the
Fehmarn bridge on April 30, 1963, and the following
extended construction of rail and road routes, the
island of Fehmarn finally became their longed for
independent connection with the Holstein mainland.
This was most apparent how important this was and
is when in the winter of 1962/63 all traffic over
the sound was grounded. The building of the
bridge over the 1350 meter wide Fehmarn sound has
gone down as an important event in the history of
Ostholstein transport undertaking. |
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Until this point the island
was set apart from the main traffic. With
the opening of the `Bird Route`it became apparent
of the importance of this pier-head for the northern
countries. On April 30, 1963 the railroad
and sound ferry connection was closed down.
This reliable form of transportation, including
the ferries `Fehmarn`and `Schleswig-Holstein`and
the steamboot `Fehmarnsund`, had served the islanders
and visitors as well as agricultrual and commercial
production and live stock transport for over 60
years. |
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More than 300,000 tons
of building supplies and machinery had to be brought
to the island for the building of the bridge.
The Fehmarn bridge is the main part of the `Bird
Route` which, with its variety of rail stations,
harbor facilities, bridge construction and new road
and rail routes, belongs to the biggest post-war
building project between Germany and Denmark. |
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The German railway project
had at that time the following gigantic plans:An
18 km long single-railed main train between Grossenbrode-Puttgarden
including reconstruction of the rail stations Grossenbrode
and Burg, the 963 meter long overhead rail and highway
bridge covering the 330 meter Fehmarn sound and
the bridge platform which raged 110 meters over
the shoreline, the ferry station Puttgarden with
over 22 km of rails and 145 movable rails,and the
ferry harbor Puttgarden. |
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The federal road 207 that
had ended in Grossenbroden ferry station was rebuilt
from Heilighafen over the sound to Puttgarden.
The traffic situation in the district of Oldenburg
improved during this time due to the building of
a by-pass. The single-railed main train was
lengthened 18 km. Overhead the island, rail
and highway roads ran next to each other.
From the ferry station Puttgarden extended a 19
km long route throught the Fehmarn canal to Roedby,
the ferry station on the Danish island Lolland. |
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The 1350 meter wide Fehmarn
sound is crossed with rail and highway from the
963 meter long Fehmarn bridge. The 23 meter
high ramps rage 330 meters out from the mainland
and 110 meters from the island over the shoreline
to the open waters. For the 3 year long construction
time of the bridge and ramps 50 Mio. DM was needed.
The actual cost of the building of the `Bird Route`on
the German side amounted to 210 Mio. DM The
Danish side spent 80 Mio. DM. |
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