Viaduc du Magnan

General Information

Completion:	1975
Status:	in use

Structure:	Box girder bridge
Function / usage:	Motorway bridge / freeway bridge
Construction method:	Balanced cantilever method
Structure:	Haunched girder bridge
Material:	Prestressed concrete bridge Structurae Plus/Pro - Subscribe Now!

Location:	Nice, Alpes-Maritimes (06), Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Carries:	Autoroute A8
Part of:	A 8 Motorway (France)
Next to:	Viaduc du Magnan (1983)
Coordinates:	43° 43' 20.21" N 7° 13' 20.42" E

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	total length	486 m
	span lengths	20 m - 120 m - 12 m - 120 m - 12 m - 120 m - 12 m - 70 m
	number of spans	8
	height above valley floor or water	110 m
deck	deck depth	2.80 - 7.50 m
	deck width	12.5 m
	average depth	0.85 m
piers	pier height	max. 25 m

deck	prestressing steel	40 kg/m²
deck	reinforcing steel	76 kg/m²

deck	prestressed concrete
piers	reinforced concrete

December 1976	Opened to traffic.

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A8 - Viaduc de Magnan sur le contournement de Nice. In: Bulletin annuel AFPC ( 1975), pp. 97-102.
Leonhardt, Fritz (1994): Brücken / Bridges. Ästhetik und Gestaltung / Aesthetics and Design. 4^th edition, Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart (Germany), pp. 197.
Prade, Marcel (1990): Les grands ponts du monde: Ponts remarquables d'Europe. Brissaud, Poitiers (France), pp. 243.
Montens, Serge (2001): Les plus beaux ponts de France. Bonneton, Paris (France), pp. 156.
Grattesat, Guy / Arsac, Auguste / Mesqui, Jean / Reverdy, Georges / Roche, Jacques / Darpas, Georges / Bernard-Gély, Anne / Fève, Michel (1984): Ponts de France. Presses Ponts et chaussées, Paris (France), pp. 186, 215-217.

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