The Railway bridge Briescht is a disused stone arch bridge in the village Briescht, a part of the municipality <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tauche" class="extiw" title="en:Tauche">Tauche</a> in the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Landkreis_Oder-Spree" title="Category:Landkreis Oder-Spree">District Oder-Spree</a>, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Brandenburg" title="Brandenburg">Brandenburg</a>, Germany. The bridge of the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Niederlausitzer_Eisenbahn" title="Category:Niederlausitzer Eisenbahn">Niederlausitzer Eisenbahn</a> spans the river <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Spree" title="Spree">Spree</a>. This part of the railway-line was opened in 1901. Shortly before the end of the Second World War the bridge was blown up and after the rebuilt already put in operation in 1951. In 1995 this part of the railway line was disused. In the east of the bridge (in the picture on the left) is situated the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naturschutzgebiet" class="extiw" title="en:Naturschutzgebiet">Naturschutzgebiet</a> (protected area)/<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natura_2000" class="extiw" title="en:Natura 2000">Natura 2000</a>-area <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Naturschutzgebiet_Spreeb%C3%B6gen_bei_Briescht" title="Category:Naturschutzgebiet Spreebögen bei Briescht">Naturschutzgebiet Spreebögen bei Briescht</a>, in the west (in the picture on the right) the Natura 2000-area Spree. In addition, the entire floodplain including the bridge is part of the Landschaftsschutzgebiet (german for: landscape protection area) Krumme Spree.
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