Veresk Bridge

In any period of time and anywhere that a mighty volition is manifested, wonders will occur in the following. Wonders that just experts can realize its greatness in the meantime.
By looking at the Iranian railways prospect, its importance and greatness can be easily realized whether in the north when crossing the great peaks of the Alborz and whether in the south while passing over the valley and steep mountains.
One of the masterpieces of the country's railways is "Veresk Bridge" which is the most important and highest railway bridge in the north of Iran.
The bridge also has a global reputation and its name is mentioned with the title of "Victory Bridge" in the works which were published after the end of World War II.
Veresk bridge construction which is the most important engineering events in the country’s railways, has been carried out by German and Austrian engineers and technical workers. The bridge has been registered on the National Heritage List in our country in term of unique characteristics.
Veresk Bridge that in fact, is considered as one of the masterpieces of the world’s architecture, is located in Veresk valley located 85 kilometers from the south of Ghaemshahr in Savadkouh and connects the railway of Tehran-North. The greatness of connecting these two great and hard way mountain of Abbas Abad is an undeniable truth. Even foreign tourists admitted it and bow down to the greatness and the iron will of the designers and builders.
Today, Veresk Bridge is considered as a tourism attraction of the country, in addition to the special importance in the transportation industry and the access way to this bridge in the case of obtaining permission from the competent authorities is from the East facades of Veresk.
Notably, in 1320 that allied forces entered in Iran during World War II; they stated Iran’s railway as one of the reasons for the victory in the war. On the other hand, "Churchill", British Prime Minister also titled Veresk Bridge in the north railways as the victory bridge.

Who is the Veresk Bridge designer?

It should be noted that the building unlike the claims of some people that said the bridge is built by a German engineer named Veresk is constructed by a Austrian architect named ((Walter Aingeray)) in 1310 Hijri Shamsi and the name of this bridge is taken from the village named Veresk located on the north side of the bridge. Veresk village during the construction of the bridge had a population about 20 families.
According to the local indigenous, when the bridge was built by the order of Reza Shah, builder engineer of the bridge with his wife and children were under the bridge while passing the first train on the bridge, so that the insurance of the made structure be proven. Walter Aingeray’s tomb is located near the Veresk Bridge.

Technical specifications of Veresk Bridge:

The building was made of brick and cement and washed sand and there is no armature in its structure. In other words, this building is made of unaided cement.
Veresk Bridge volume has 66 meters arch span and 110 meters above the valley bottom which is total of 4,500 cubic meters.
The total length of the bridge is 73.2 meters. The construction cost at that time was about 2 million 600 thousand tooman. Some plans were approved to build these huge bridge based on the use of masonry materials which were more cost-effective.
Veresk Bridge is one of the most important engineering events in the country’s railways and its national historic registry number is 1534. Veresk is one of Iran's strategic bridges which was built by German and Austrian engineers with 70-year guarantee.

Three Gold Lines

Three gold lines (Se Khat Tala) of North Railroad can be seen three kilometers from Veresk Bridge and after Veresk village to Gadook in the highlands of Tehran – North Railroad. These lines are built in this mode to reduce the gradient and increase the locomotive’s power factor.