General Information
| Name in local language: | Pont suspendu de Mirepoix-sur-Tarn |
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| Completion: | 1935 |
| Status: | collapsed (18 November 2019) |
Project Type
| Structure: |
Single-span two-tower suspension bridge |
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| Function / usage: |
Road bridge |
| Material: |
Steel bridge |
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Location
| Location: |
Mirepoix-sur-Tarn, Haute-Garonne (31), Occitanie, France |
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| Crosses: |
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| Coordinates: | 43° 48' 42.66" N 1° 34' 18.60" E |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| width | 5 m | |
| span | 152 m |
Materials
| pylons |
steel
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| deck truss |
steel
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Chronology
| 18 November 2019, ca. 08:00 | While a truck and a car cross the bridge, the deck collapses in its entirety into the river Tarn below. A 15 year girl in the front passenger seat of the car and the driver of the truck are killed, the driver of the car (the girl's mother) is severly injured. The preliminary investigations indicate that the truck would have had a total weight of 50 tons and was not actually allowed to cross the bridge which had a weight limit of 19 tons. |
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Relevant Publications
- (2000): Réparation d'un pont suspendu sur le Tarn. Le pont de Mirepoix-sur-Tarn en Haute-Garonne. In: Travaux, n. 767 (September 2000), pp. 37-41.
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data sheet - Structure-ID
20008318 - Published on:
17/02/2003 - Last updated on:
18/11/2019
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