General Information
| Other name(s): | Viaduc de Mondragon |
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| Completion: | 1999 |
| Status: | in use |
Project Type
| Structure: |
Tied-arch bridge |
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| Function / usage: |
High-speed rail bridge |
| Material: |
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Location
| Location: |
Saint-Etienne-des-Sorts, Gard (30), Occitanie, France Mondragon, Vaucluse (84), Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France |
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| Coordinates: | 44° 12' 58" N 4° 41' 59" E |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| main span | 84 m | |
| height | 35 m | |
| total length | 637 m | |
| span lengths | 26.5 m - 43.5 m - 50 m - 84 m - 40 m - 8 x 55 m - 35 m | |
| number of spans | 14 | |
| arch | rise | 23.262 m |
| distance between suspender planes | 15.50 m | |
| on-center spacing between suspenders | 6 m | |
| deck | crossing angle | 73.306° |
Quantities
| arch | structural steel | 1 300 t |
| deck | structural steel | 1 970 t |
Materials
| piers |
reinforced concrete
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| arch |
steel
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Chronology
| Fall 1998 | The arch is launched. |
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Participants
Owner
Client
Architecture
- Jean-Pierre Duval (architect)
Structural engineering
Civil works
Steel construction
Launching
Relevant Web Sites
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Relevant Publications
- (1999): Des Records et des Hommes. TGV Méditerranée. Terre du Sud, pp. 82-88.
- (2000): High-speed returns. In: Bridge Design & Engineering, v. 6, n. 21 (4th Quarter 2000), pp. 43-44.
- (2004): The main bridges of the high speed line HSL Méditerranée. Presented at: fib Symposium 2004, 26-28 April 2004, Avignon, pp. 65-82.
- (2001): Les plus beaux ponts de France. Bonneton, Paris (France), pp. 121.
- (1999): TGV Méditerranée - Lot 2B - Le viaduc de franchissement du Rhône entre Vénéjean et Mondragon. In: Travaux, n. 749 (January 1999), pp. 26-32.
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20000921 - Published on:
08/09/2000 - Last updated on:
05/02/2016
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