General Information
Project Type
| Structure: |
Box girder bridge |
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| Function / usage: |
High-speed rail bridge |
| Construction method: |
Rotation around a vertical axis |
| Structure: |
Haunched girder bridge |
| Material: |
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Location
| Location: |
Ventabren, Bouches-du-Rhône (13), Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France |
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| Crosses: |
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| Part of: |
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| Coordinates: | 43° 32' 45" N 5° 19' 52" E |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| main span | 100 m | |
| total length | 1 730 m | |
| deck | deck depth | 3.75 - 8.50 m |
Cost
| cost of construction | French Franc 217 173 000 |
Materials
| deck |
prestressed concrete
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| piers |
reinforced concrete
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Case Studies and Applied Products
RESTON®SA – Hydraulic dampers
Under normal circumstances, Hydraulic Shock Absorbers allow free movements of the bridge structure. Under shock impact, e.g. due to earthquakes, high braking loads or strong winds, they function temporarily as elastic damping connections.
[more]Chronology
| 23 September 1997 | The main spans to cross over the A7 motorway and initially built parallel to it are rotated into their final position. |
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Notes
The main span across the highway was built parallel to the road and then rotated into position. The remainder of the bridge was launched incrementally.
Participants
Owner
Client
Architecture
- Charles Lavigne (architect)
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Architecture et Ouvrages d'art
- Alain Montois (architect)
Structural engineering
Checking engineering
Contractor
Reinforcing steel
Shock absorbers
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (1999): Des Records et des Hommes. TGV Méditerranée. Terre du Sud, pp. 130-135.
- (1998): Lot 3H - Le viaduc de Ventabren. In: Travaux, n. 742 (May 1998), pp. 57-60.
- (2004): The main bridges of the high speed line HSL Méditerranée. Presented at: fib Symposium 2004, 26-28 April 2004, Avignon, pp. 65-82.
- (1998): La rotation des fléaux du viaduc TGV de Ventabren (France) au-dessus de l'autoroute A8. The rotation of the balanced cantilevers of the Ventabren TGV railway viaduct over motorway A8 (France). Presented at: La Technique française du béton, XIIIe congrès de la FIB, Amsterdam 1998, pp. 373.
- (1998): TGV-Brücke Ventabren. In: Bautechnik, v. 75, n. 10 (October 1998), pp. 834-835.
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data sheet - Structure-ID
20000405 - Published on:
15/09/1999 - Last updated on:
01/03/2022
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