Chaumont Viaduct

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Structure:	Three-story semi-circular arch bridge
Material:	Masonry bridge
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Function / usage:	upper deck: Railroad (railway) bridge lower deck: Bicycle and pedestrian bridge

Location:	Chaumont, Haute-Marne (52), Grand-Est, France
Crosses:	Suize River
Part of:	Railroad Line Paris-Basel (km 260.300)
Coordinates:	48° 6' 39" N 5° 7' 16" E

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	main span	10 m
	length	600 m
	height above valley floor or water	50 m
arch level 1	rise	3.167 m
	height	max. 19.85 m
	arch span	19.25 m
	number of arches	25
arch level 2	rise	3.52 m
	height	15.15 m
	arch span	9.50 m
	number of arches	49
arch level 3	height	15.00 m
	arch span	9.95 m
	number of arches	50
pier-abutments	width	min. 3.60 m
	base width	4.30 m
	number	9
piers	width	min. 1.60 m
	base width	2.30 m
	number	40

stonework

60 000 m³

31 August 1944	German troops dynamite four piers which were later re-built in stone-covered concrete.

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Stiglat, Klaus (1997): Brücken am Weg. Frühe Brücken aus Eisen und Beton in Deutschland und Frankreich. Wilhelm Ernst & Sohn Verlag für Architektur und technische Wissenschaften GmbH, Berlin (Germany), ISBN 978-3-433-01299-4, pp. 57-59.
Wittfoht, Hans (1984): Buiding bridges. History, Technology, Construction. Beton-Verlag, Düsseldorf (Germany).
Montens, Serge (2001): Les plus beaux ponts de France. Bonneton, Paris (France), pp. 70.
Grattesat, Guy / Arsac, Auguste / Mesqui, Jean / Reverdy, Georges / Roche, Jacques / Darpas, Georges / Bernard-Gély, Anne / Fève, Michel (1984): Ponts de France. Presses Ponts et chaussées, Paris (France), pp. 286.
Prade, Marcel (1988): Ponts et viaducs au XIX^ème siècle. Poitiers (France), pp. 189-190.

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