TY - CONF A1 - Bien, J. A1 - Helmerich, Rosemarie A1 - Niederleithinger, Ernst A1 - Kubiak, Z. T1 - Condition assessment of old railway bridges, a scientific cooperation between Berlin and Wroclaw N2 - Two years ago, the East Prussian and the Low-Silesian Railway lines celebrated their 160th anniversaries. The history of both first railway connections in the Eastern railway network development in the whole region in the 19th century is presented together with information about the railway between Berlin and Wroclaw. Special attention is paid to the railway bridges built in this period. The first large iron bridges and typical masonry arch structures are presented. Special attention is paid to masonry arches. The condition appraisal of existing masonry arches requires new developed technical methodologies, effective tools and procedures for the description of the bridges current state and function. Their current technical condition as well as service-ability is described. T2 - 3rd international congress on construction history CY - Cottbus, Germany DA - 2009-05-20 KW - Historische Eisenbahnlinien KW - Infrastruktur KW - Erhaltung KW - Wissenschaftliche Zusammenarbeit PY - 2009 VL - 1 SP - 205 EP - 211 AN - OPUS4-19532 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -