General Information
| Name in local language: | Pont transbordeur de Bordeaux |
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| Beginning of works: | 19 September 1910 |
| Status: | unfinished |
Project Type
| Structure: |
Suspension bridge |
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| Function / usage: |
Transporter bridge |
| Material: |
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Location
| Location: |
Bordeaux, Gironde (33), Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France |
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| Coordinates: | 44° 51' 9.11" N 0° 33' 36.19" W |
| Coordinates: | 44° 51' 5.37" N 0° 33' 31.81" W |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| total length | 400 m | |
| height above valley floor or water | 45 m | |
| pylon | pylon height | 95 m |
Materials
| pylons |
steel
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Chronology
| 1891 | Studies are undertaken for the construction of a new bridge. |
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| 1909 | The transporter bridge type is chosen. |
| 19 September 1910 | First stone is laid by President Armand Fallières. |
| 1914 | Construction is interrupted by the war as the pylons are completed. The works are never finished. |
| 18 August 1942 | The pylons are dynamited. |
Participants
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (1990): Les grands ponts du monde: Ponts remarquables d'Europe. Brissaud, Poitiers (France), pp. 428.
- Petit journal de l'exposition "Le pont transbordeur et la vision moderniste". Caisse Nationale des Monuments Historiques, Paris (France), 1992, pp. 16.
- (1919): Die Schwebefähre in Bordeaux. In: Schweizerische Bauzeitung (1883-1946), v. 73, n. 16 (12 April 1919).
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data sheet - Structure-ID
20004468 - Published on:
14/08/2002 - Last updated on:
04/11/2020
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