The Landwasser Viaduct (German:Landwasserviadukt) is a single track six-arched curved limestonerailway viaduct. It spans the Landwasserbetween Schmitten andFilisur, in the canton ofGraubünden,Switzerland.
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Designed by Alexander Acatos, it was built between 1901 and 1902 by Müller & Zeerleder for the Rhaetian Railway, which still owns and uses it today. A signature structure of the World Heritage-listed Albula Railway, it is 65 metres (213 ft) high, 136 metres (446 ft) long, and one of its ramps exits straight into the Landwasser Tunnel.
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