Work of the week: Monument of community

Today it is a beautiful place: the Elstertal motorway bridge stretches far under the mighty sky over the valley of the Weißen Elster near Pirk. The regular arches, covered with different colored granite, fit well into the landscape, rising like cathedrals towards the clouds. Although the structure, at 503.5 meters long and 60 meters high, is one of the largest stone arch bridges in Europe,…