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General Information

Name in local language: Pont de Brotonne
Beginning of works: 1974
Completion: 9 July 1977
Status: in use

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Location

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Crosses:
  • Seine River
Coordinates: 49° 31' 14" N    0° 44' 50" E
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Technical Information

Dimensions

total length 1 278 m
deck deck width 19.20 m
girder depth 4.00 m
main bridge
main span 320 m
span lengths 58.50 m - 143.50 m - 320.00 m - 143.50 m - 70.00 m
number of spans 5
vertical navigation clearance 50 m
pylons pylon height 72.20 m

Materials

cables steel wire
pylon reinforced concrete
deck precast prestressed concrete
piers reinforced concrete
abutments reinforced concrete

Excerpt from Wikipedia

The Brotonne Bridge (pont de Brotonne) is a bridge in the region of Upper Normandy in France, situated between the cities of Le Havre and Rouen. It has crossed the Seine since 1977, to the east of the commune of Caudebec-en-Caux. Its construction was financed by the General council of Seine-Maritime for the purpose of opening up the Pays de Caux and assuring a connection between the commune of Yvetot and the A13 autoroute by way of the forêt de Brotonne (Brotonne forest), from which the bridge gets its name. Only two bridges are located further downstream the Seine from the pont de Brotonne: the Pont de Tancarville and the Pont de Normandie.

The bridge is a cable-stayed bridge (specifically of the fan design), whose principal span reaches 320 metres (350 yd) and is made of prestressed concrete. It is considered an engineering feat and was the first bridge of this type in the world.

The bridge was a toll bridge until 2006, at which point crossing it became free.

The bridge is considered to be the inspiration for the much larger Sunshine Skyway Bridge in Florida.

Text imported from Wikipedia article "Pont de Brotonne" and modified on 22 July 2019 under the CC-BY-SA 3.0 license.

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  • About this
    data sheet
  • Structure-ID
    20000012
  • Published on:
    28/10/1998
  • Last updated on:
    06/08/2022
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