Tancarville Bridge

General Information

Location:	Tancarville, Seine-Maritime (76), Normandy, France Marais-Vernier, Eure (27), Normandy, France
Crosses:	Seine River
Coordinates:	49° 28' 35.07" N 0° 27' 39.00" E
Coordinates:	49° 27' 55.73" N 0° 28' 19.44" E

main bridge
	total length	1 420 m
	height above valley floor or water	50.85 m
	span lengths of approaches	8 x 50.00 m
deck	deck width	12.50 m
	length	960 m
	span lengths of main bridge	176 m - 608 m - 176 m
pylon	pylon height	123 m

cost of construction

ca. French Franc 9 000 000 000

cables	steel wire
piers	reinforced concrete
pylons	reinforced concrete
deck truss	steel
deck of approach viaducts	precast prestressed concrete

1 July 1959	Load testing.
2 July 1959	Inauguration.
1998 - 1999	Suspension cables are replaced and the number of cables is increased to 4.

Initial construction (1955-1959)

Owner

Design

Co-contractor

(role unknown)

Inspection & Monitoring (-2011)

Monitoring equipment

Monitoring (2011)

Monitoring equipment

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