General Information
| Name in local language: | Pont du Veurdre |
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| Completion: | 1910 |
| Status: | destroyed (7 September 1944) |
Project Type
| Structure: |
Three-hinged arch bridge |
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| Function / usage: |
Road bridge |
| Material: |
Reinforced concrete bridge |
Location
| Location: |
Le Veurdre, Allier (03), Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France |
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| Crosses: |
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| Replaced by: |
Le Veurdre Bridge (1948)
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| Coordinates: | 46° 45' 29.64" N 3° 2' 57.37" E |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| span lengths | 64 m - 72 m - 64 m | |
| number of spans | 3 |
Materials
| arches |
reinforced concrete
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Chronology
| 1911 | As Freyssinet noticed more than 13 cm of deformation at the middle hinge of each arch, he proceeded in a night escapade to jack up the bridge back to its original position and fix the top hinge by filling it with concrete. |
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| 7 September 1944 | Dynamited. |
Participants
Structural engineering
- Eugène Freyssinet (structural engineer)
Construction
- François Mercier (builder)
Relevant Web Sites
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Relevant Publications
- (1993): Un amour sans limite. Editions du Linteau, Paris (France), pp. 187.
- (2003): Bridge engineering. A global perspective. Thomas Telford, London (United Kingdom), ISBN 9780727732156, pp. 192, 332.
- (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. 148-149.
- (1984): Ponts de France. Presses Ponts et chaussées, Paris (France), pp. 190.
- (1995): Les ponts modernes - vingtième siècle. Picard Éditeur, Paris (France), pp. 49-51.
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data sheet - Structure-ID
20000490 - Published on:
13/11/1999 - Last updated on:
22/10/2018
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