General Information
Project Type
| Structure: |
Through truss bridge |
|---|---|
| Function / usage: |
Road bridge |
| Structure: |
Lattice truss bridge |
| Material: |
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| Construction method: |
truss: Longitudinal launching |
Location
| Location: |
Cubzac-les-Ponts, Gironde (33), Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France |
|---|---|
| Address: | D1010 |
| Crosses: |
|
| Replaces: |
Cubzac Suspension Bridge (1836)
|
| Coordinates: | 44° 57' 42.55" N 0° 27' 41.53" W |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| total length | 1 545 m | |
| span lengths | 6 x 72.80 m - 2 x 57.60 m | |
| number of spans | 7 | |
| deck | deck depth | 6.70 m |
Quantities
| weight of iron | 3 000 t |
Materials
| piers |
wrought iron
|
|---|---|
| truss |
wrought iron
|
Participants
Initial construction (1879-1883)
Engineering
- Charles de Sansac (engineer)
Construction
Reconstruction (1946-1947)
- I. Ballan (chief engineer)
Engineering
- R. Benouet (engineer)
Contractor
- F. Renoux (assistant to chief engineer)
Steel construction
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (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. 88-91.
- (2003): Gustave Alexandre Eiffel. teNeues, Düsseldorf (Germany), pp. 52-57.
- (2001): Les plus beaux ponts de France. Bonneton, Paris (France), pp. 98.
- (1984): Ponts de France. Presses Ponts et chaussées, Paris (France), pp. 140.
- (1988): Ponts et viaducs au XIXème siècle. Poitiers (France), pp. 255-258.
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20002044 - Published on:
29/09/2001 - Last updated on:
05/02/2016
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