General Information
Project Type
| Structure: |
Pony truss bridge |
|---|---|
| Function / usage: |
Road bridge |
| Material: |
Reinforced concrete bridge |
Location
| Location: |
Paris (10th), Paris, Ile-de-France, France |
|---|---|
| Address: | Rue La Fayette |
| Location description: |
Over the tracks at the Gare de l'Est |
| Coordinates: | 48° 52' 48.88" N 2° 21' 38.53" E |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| total length | 149 m | |
| span lengths | 71.87 m - 59.42 m / 76.85 m - 64.40 m | |
| number of spans | 3 | |
| deck | deck depth | 10.40 m |
| deck width | 20.40 m |
Materials
| truss |
reinforced concrete
|
|---|
Chronology
| 1961 | Due to the electrification of the tracks below, the bridge is lifted up by 70 cm. |
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Notes
The high concentration of reinforcing in the nodes and the need for very careful placement of the concrete may have been the cause why this system was not re-used.
Participants
Engineering
- Albert Caquot (engineer)
- Nicolas Esquillan (overseeing engineer for moving)
(role unknown)
Relevant Web Sites
There currently are no relevant websites listed.
Relevant Publications
- (1997): L'art de l'ingénieur. constructeur, entrepeneur, inventeur. Éditions du Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (France), pp. 259-260.
- (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. 158-159.
- (2005): Paris ferroviaire. Editions Parigramme, Paris (France), pp. 160-162.
- (2001): Les plus beaux ponts de France. Bonneton, Paris (France), pp. 150.
- Ponts de construction française: pont de la rue Lafayette à Paris. In: Travaux, n. 79 (July 1939), pp. 279.
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20000379 - Published on:
07/09/1999 - Last updated on:
05/02/2016
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