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First groundbreaking for the Seehausen to Wittenberge sectionBuilding a bridge over the Elbe Andreas Scheuer Federal Minister for Transport and Digital Infrastructure today started the construction of the A 14 between Seehausen and Wittenberge - together with Guido Beermann Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Planning of the State of Brandenburg and Sebastian Putz State Secretary in the Ministry for State development and traffic in the state of Saxony-Anhalt.Scheuer Efficient roads are indispensable transport routes. They make us mobile and the economy strong. They lead from house to house from the factory gate to the customer. The A 14 is one of the largest infrastructure projects in eastern Germany. With it we connect coast and cities. Now we are tackling the core The new Elbe bridge connects Brandenburg and Saxony-Anhalt - and at the same time it will be a new landmark for the city of Wittenberge.The A 14 runs from Wismar on the Baltic Sea to Dresden in Saxony. In the city triangle of Berlin Hanover Hamburg it closes a gap in the trans-European road network also with a view of the ports on the coast. So far 52.6 kilometers of the 155 kilometer long new line have been opened to traffic.The total investment amounts to around 1.7 billion euros. Due to the importance of the project the European Regional Development Fund ERDF pays subsidies of 200 million euros. The federal government is investing around 300 million euros in the nearly 11-kilometer stretch from Seehausen to Wittenberge.The one-kilometer-long Elbe bridge consists of two parts in Saxony-Anhalt the foreland bridge grows up to the Elbe from the south in Brandenburg the superstructure of the new river bridge is pushed in over piers from the north.The protection of the sensitive natural landscape on the Elbe has high priority Among other things special walls made of bird protection glass reduce the noise. At the same time areas for species protection new habitats and nesting opportunities for breeding birds as well as game passages are created. In addition the bundling of the autobahn and main road will avoid further cutting of the Aland-Elbe lowlands in the Altmark.
