Tardes Viaduct

General Information

Name in local language:	Viaduc de la Tardes; Viaduc d'Evaux-les-Bains
Completion:	1884
Status:	in use

Structure:	Deck truss bridge
Function / usage:	Railroad (railway) bridge
Material:	Iron bridge
Structure:	Lattice truss bridge
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Location:	Evaux-les-Bains, Creuse (23), Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Crosses:	Tardes River
Part of:	Railroad Line Bourges - Aurillac (km 352)
Coordinates:	46° 11' 25.77" N 2° 27' 38.48" E

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	span lengths	73.20 m - 104.55 m - 73.20 m
	number of spans	3
	height above valley floor or water	91.30 m
	on-center distance between girders	5.50 m
	girder depth	8.30 m
deck	deck width	8.00 m

	weight of iron	1 200 t
	volume of masonry	7 500 m³

cost of construction

Gold Francs 1 380 000

deck	wrought iron
piers	masonry

26 January 1884	A 132 m-long section of the superstructure still under construction is swept away in a 160 km/h strong gale and crashes 14 m away from the bridge on the bottom of the valley.
1926	Derailment causes damage and requires repairs to the bridge.
1955	Repaired due to damage caused by overloading from 1940-1945.

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Montens, Serge (2001): Les plus beaux ponts de France. Bonneton, Paris (France), pp. 93.
Prade, Marcel (1988): Ponts et viaducs au XIX^ème siècle. Poitiers (France), pp. 288.
Marrey, Bernard (1990): Les ponts modernes - 18e et 19e siècles. 1^st edition, Picard Editeur, Paris (France), pp. 212.

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