General Information
| Name in local language: | Pont de la Roche-Bernard |
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| Completion: | 3 September 1911 |
| Status: | destroyed (15 April 1944) |
Project Type
| Structure: |
Three-hinged arch bridge |
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| Function / usage: |
Road bridge |
| Material: |
Steel bridge |
| Structure: |
Half-through arch bridge |
| Function / usage: |
Railroad (railway) bridge |
Location
| Location: |
La Roche-Bernard, Morbihan (56), Bretagne, France |
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| Crossed: |
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| Replaces: |
La Roche-Bernard Bridge (1839)
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| Replaced by: |
La Roche-Bernard Suspension Bridge (1960)
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| Coordinates: | 47° 31' 29.36" N 2° 18' 17.49" W |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| total length | 350 m | |
| length between springing axes | 198.27 m | |
| height of arch above springings | 49.91 m | |
| deck | deck width | 7.00 m |
| length between hinges at deck level | 112.00 m | |
| height of deck above springings | 34.04 m |
Cost
| cost of construction | French Franc 893 000 |
Materials
| arch |
steel
|
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Chronology
| 19 April 1905 | Ministerial decision for the reconstruction of the bridge. Four projects are proposed. |
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| 28 July 1908 | The project proposed by the firms Daydé and Creil is approved for a lump sum of 893 000 French Francs. |
| 15 April 1944 | Mines placed by the German army are triggered in a violent gale. The bridge explodes. |
Relevant Web Sites
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Relevant Publications
- (1986): L'architecture du fer. France: XIXe siècle. Editions Champ Vallon, Seyssel (France), ISBN 9782903528713, pp. 115.
- (1997): L'architecture et les ingénieurs. Deux siècles de réalisations. Moniteur, Paris (France), pp. 116.
- Pont de la Roche-Bernard. In: Annales des Ponts et Chaussées, n. 5 ( 1912), pp. 251.
- (1988): Ponts et viaducs au XIXème siècle. Poitiers (France), pp. 267-268.
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01/12/2002 - Last updated on:
26/10/2020
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