Viaduc des Fades (Les Ancizes-Comps/Sauret-Besserve, 1909)

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Structure:	Deck truss bridge Lattice truss bridge
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Function / usage:	Railroad (railway) bridge
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Location:	Les Ancizes-Comps, Puy-de-Dôme (63), Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France Sauret-Besserve, Puy-de-Dôme (63), Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Crosses:	Sioule River
Part of:	Volvic-Lapeyrouse Railroad Line
Coordinates:	45° 58' 18.52" N 2° 48' 10.45" E

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45° 58' 18.52" N 2° 48' 10.45" E

Technical Information

	total length	470.25 m
	span lengths	115.20 m - 144 m - 115.20 m
	height above valley floor or water	132.5 m
abutment 1	height	max. 22 m
	length	24 m
	arch span	14 m
abutment 2	length	70.25 m
piers	height	max. 92.33 m
	dimensions at base	21.96 m x 11.64 m
	dimensions at the top	11.00 m x 5.50 m
truss	total length	375.40 m
	weight	ca. 2 604 t
	depth	11.60 m
	total width	7.80 m

volume of masonry

37 135.20 m³

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Relevant Publications

Lemoine, Bertrand (1986): L'architecture du fer. France: XIXe siècle. Editions Champ Vallon, Seyssel (France), ISBN 9782903528713, pp. 113.

Deswarte, Sylvie / Lemoine, Bertrand (1997): L'architecture et les ingénieurs. Deux siècles de réalisations. Moniteur, Paris (France), pp. 115.

Stiglat, Klaus (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. 114-115.

Combes, Robert (1995): Les Fades - Garabit 2. Deux techniques, deux époques. auto-édition, Clermont-Ferrand (France), pp. 54.

Soulier, Jean-Paul (1999): Naissance d'un Géant. L'histoire de la construction du Viaduc des Fades. Association Sioule et Patrimoine, Sauret-Besserve (France), pp. 28.

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Viaduc des Fades