Elbe Crossing 2

Elbe Crossing 2 is a group of transmission towers providing overhead lines for four 380 kV three-phase alternating current circuits across the German river Elbe. It was constructed between 1976 and 1978 to supplement Elbe Crossing 1, and consists of four towers:
A 76-metre-tall anchor pylon located in Lower Saxony, on the Elbe's southern banks.
Two carrying pylons, each 227 metres tall. One is located on the island of Lühesand and the other is near Hetlingen in Schleswig-Holstein, on the northern shore.
These pylons are the tallest pylons in Europe and the sixth tallest of the world. They stand on 95 stakes because of the unfavorable building ground. The base of each pylon measures 45×45 metres and each pylon weighs 980 tons. Crossbeams, which hold up the power cables, are located at heights of 172, 190 and 208 metres. The crossbeams span 56 meters, 72 metres and 57 metres. Each pylon has a self-propelled climbing elevator for maintenance of the aircraft warning lights; each elevator runs inside a steel tube in the centre of the mast, around which there is a spiral staircase.
A 62-metre-tall anchor pylon on the Schleswig-Holstein side.