Chateaubriand Bridge
Chateaubriand Bridge Pont Chateaubriand | |
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 View in April 2010 | |
| Coordinates | 48°32′13″N 1°58′17″W / 48.537°N 1.9714°W |
| Carries | Vehicles on the Route nationale N176 |
| Crosses | Rance (river) |
| Locale | Brittany, north-west France, 35430 |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Open spandrel deck arch bridge with twin-girder steel-composite deck |
| Material | Reinforced concrete and steel |
| Total length | 424 m (1,391 ft)[1] |
| Longest span | 250 m (820 ft) |
| No. of spans | 1 |
| Piers in water | 0 |
| History | |
| Architect | Jacques Mathivat |
| Designer | Auguste Arsac, Charles Lavigne |
| Constructed by | Campenon-Bernard |
| Fabrication by | Compagnie Française d'Entreprises Métalliques (CFEM) |
| Construction start | 1988 |
| Construction end | 1990 |
| Opened | 1991[2] |
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The Chateaubriand Bridge is a concrete deck arch road bridge in Brittany, France, that crosses the Rance river. For geographical conditions and technical traditions, France does not have many arch bridges.
History[edit]
Design[edit]
The need for a bridge was envisaged by SETRA (Service d'études sur les transports, les routes et leurs aménagements).
Construction[edit]
It had a cantilever construction with cable-stays (staying wires). The steel construction was by Compagnie Française d'Entreprises Métalliques, now owned by Eiffage. It was built with high performance Class C60 concrete.
Structure[edit]
The bridge carries the European route E401 or Route nationale 176. It is near Plouër-sur-Rance and La Ville-ès-Nonais. The bridge spans the two departments of Ille-et-Vilaine, to the east, and Côtes-d'Armor, to the west.
See also[edit]
- List of bridges in France
- List of longest arch bridge spans
- Morbihan Bridge at La Roche-Bernard, similar design, opened 1996
References[edit]
External links[edit]
| Authority control databases: Geographic |
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