General Information
| Other name(s): | Conchi Viaduct |
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| Completion: | 1888 |
| Status: | in use |
Project Type
| Structure: |
Trestle bridge |
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| Material: |
Steel bridge |
| Plan view: |
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| Function / usage: |
original use: Railroad (railway) bridge current use: Road bridge current use: Pipeline bridge |
Location
| Location: |
Antofagasta, Antofagasta, Chile |
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| Coordinates: | 22° 1' 55.43" S 68° 37' 14.68" W |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| width | 4 m | |
| total length | 244 m | |
| span | 24 m | |
| number of spans | 8 | |
| height above valley floor or water | 102.6 m | |
| abutments | number | 2 |
| piers | number | 7 |
Excerpt from Wikipedia
The Conchi viaduct, or Loa viaduct, is located on the Loa River in Chile, 68 kilometres (42 mi) from Calama. It was built to carry part of the Ferrocarril de Antofagasta a Bolivia (Antofagasta & Bolivia Railway). It stands 103 metres (338 ft) above the river and is 244 metres (801 ft) long. When opened in 1888 and it was the second highest rail bridge in the world, after the Garabit viaduct.
In 1914, the railway was realigned. Today, the bridge carries only pipes and a cordoned-off road.
On June 3, 2015, it was declared a National Monument, in the category of Historical Monument, by Decree 156 of the Ministry of Education, published in the Chilean Official Journal.
Text imported from Wikipedia article "Conchi viaduct" and modified on January 4, 2025 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.
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data sheet - Structure-ID
20052856 - Published on:
10/02/2010 - Last updated on:
21/10/2016
