General Information
| Name in local language: | Pont de Montjean |
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| Completion: | 19 December 1927 |
| Status: | destroyed (12 April 1935) |
Project Type
| Structure: |
Multi-span suspension bridge |
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| Function / usage: |
Road bridge |
| Material: |
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Location
| Location: |
Montjean-sur-Loire, Maine-et-Loire (49), Pays de la Loire, France |
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| Crosses: |
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| Replaced by: |
Montjean-sur-Loire Bridge (1949)
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| Coordinates: | 47° 23' 39.01" N 0° 51' 34.57" W |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| total length | 465 m |
Materials
| cables |
steel
|
|---|---|
| pylons |
steel
|
Chronology
| 19 December 1927 | Opening to traffic. |
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| 12 April 1935 | First pylon on the right bank collapses taking two spans with it. |
| 6 January 1936 | The remainder of the bridge is carried away during a flood. |
| 8 May 1936 | Report by Albert Caquot, Louis Grelot and André Coyne mentions slight design and construction faults, but gives as the cause for the accident the oxydation of the cables due to faulty construction. |
| 1938 | Counter-expertise incriminates the lack of maintenance and faulty loading records for the accident of 1935. |
| 1946 | Another expertise. |
| 7 December 1951 | The highest court finally confirms the responsibility of the entrepreneur. |
Participants
Design
- Gaston Leinekugel-Lecocq (designer)
Expertise
- Albert Caquot (expert)
- André Coyne (expert)
- Louis Grelot (expert)
Construction
Relevant Web Sites
There currently are no relevant websites listed.
Relevant Publications
- (1984): Ponts de France. Presses Ponts et chaussées, Paris (France), pp. 126-127.
- (1995): Les ponts modernes - vingtième siècle. Picard Éditeur, Paris (France), pp. 106-107.
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data sheet - Structure-ID
20003015 - Published on:
13/02/2002 - Last updated on:
05/11/2020
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