Bras de la Plaine Bridge, Reunion Island, France

The Bras de la Plaine Bridge, completed in December 2001 is situated in the south of Reunion island. The structure designed to cross a ravine is a single 280 m long span embedded in counterweight abutments. Only the upper slab is continuous. The deck is a composite truss structure comprising two concrete slabs linked by two planes of steel diagonals.

The bridge's functional cross section is 10,90 m and comprises a 6 m wide bi-directional carriageway, two pedestrian pavements each 1,35 m wide and two cycle paths each 1,10 m wide and standard lateral safety barriers.