General Information
| Name in local language: | Pont de Brotonne |
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| Beginning of works: | 1974 |
| Completion: | 9 July 1977 |
| Status: | in use |
Project Type
| Structure: |
Cable-stayed bridge with semi-fan system |
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| Function / usage: |
Road bridge |
| Material: |
Prestressed concrete bridge |
| Structure: |
Three-span cable-stayed bridge |
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Location
| Location: |
Caudebec-en-Caux, Seine-Maritime (76), Normandy, France Saint-Nicolas-de-Bliquetuit, Seine-Maritime (76), Normandy, France |
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| Crosses: |
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| Coordinates: | 49° 31' 14" N 0° 44' 50" E |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| total length | 1 278 m | |
| deck | deck width | 19.20 m |
| girder depth | 4.00 m | |
| main bridge | ||
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| 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
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| deck |
precast prestressed concrete
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| piers |
reinforced concrete
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| 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 July 22, 2019 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.
Participants
- Jean Muller
- Jacques Mathivat (designer)
- Jacques Combault (designer)
- Auguste Arsac (architect)
- Pierre Loyer (architect)
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Cabinet Fraleu
- Philippe Fraleu (architect)
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (1997): L'art de l'ingénieur. constructeur, entrepeneur, inventeur. Éditions du Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (France), pp. 96-97.
- (1998): Die Ästhetik moderner Schrägseilbrücken. In: Baukultur, n. 3 ( 1998), pp. 12-16.
- (2003): Bridge engineering. A global perspective. Thomas Telford, London (United Kingdom), ISBN 9780727732156, pp. 598, 618, 671.
- (1987): Brotonne Bridge, France. Presented at: International Conference on Cable-Stayed Bridges, Proceedings, November 18-20, 1987, Bangkok (Thailand), pp. 1207-1215.
- Brotonne cable stayed bridge. In: IABSE Structures, v. 3 ( 1979).
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20000012 - Published on:
28/10/1998 - Last updated on:
06/08/2022
