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Horb Bridge serves as a digital-construction pilot projectThe 667-metre crossing is intended to ease B32 through-traffic in Horb’s centre from 2028.
Key FactsAug 22, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: schwaebische.de
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: schwaebische.de
- The bridge itself has been under construction since April 2023; the 667-metre structure costs 167 million euros, is intended to cross the Neckar 70 metres above the river and has pylons up to 90 metres high.
- On 20 May 2025, a gondola and three construction workers fell from a crane after a steel cable broke; all three died, investigators cited human error as the cause, and a trial of the crane operator is pending after he rejected a penalty order, with its start date still open.
- The Karlsruhe Regional Council initially sought completion in 2026, while Porr considered 2030 realistic; the 2028 opening date remains under negotiation in a conciliation procedure, although both sides consider it achievable.
- Baden-Württemberg is testing Building Information Modelling in Horb through a digital construction-site twin, drone imagery and shared data, with BIM intended to become standard for federal-road construction.
We need to talk a lot more about what we can do here in Germany.— Nicole Razavi (CDU), Baden-Württemberg Minister of Transport; emphasized that Germany must talk more about what it is capable of delivering in infrastructure projects and the prestige of its industrial location.
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