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Created on: 28/10/98
Modified on: 09/12/08


Normandy Bridge

Pont de Normandie
Built: 1989 - 1995
Status: in use
Location: Between Le Havre, Seine-Maritime (76), Haute-Normandie, France and Honfleur, Calvados (14), Basse-Normandie, France
UTM: 31 U 302325 5479732
Crosses: Seine River
Autoroute A 29 – Grand Canal Bridge at Le Havre & Normandy Bridge
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Structural Type:
Cable-stayed bridge
multicable, fan arrangement, inverted-Y pylon
Function / usage:
Motorway bridge / freeway bridge
Near: Pont de l'aire de la Baie de Seine (1995)
Connects to: Grand Canal Bridge at Le Havre (1994)

Persons involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
RoleNamePart of structure 
Expert to the contractors Robert H. Scanlan
Designer Michel Virlogeux
Architect François Doyelle
  Charles Lavigne
  Alain Montois
Technical advisor to the client Alan G. Davenport
Structural engineer Bernard Raspaud
Project manager Brice Girard pylon heads

Firms, offices, etc. involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
RoleNamePart of structure 
Owner Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie du Havre
Client Direction Départementale de l'Equipement de la Seine-Maritime
Design CETE de Rouen
  Quadric
  SEEE
  Service d'Etudes Techniques des Routes et Autoroutes
  Setec TPI
  SOFRESID
  SOGELERG
Wind tunnel testing Danish Maritime Institute
Subconsultant COWI Consulting Engineers and Planners AS steel
Co-contractor Bouygues Construction
  Campenon Bernard
  Dumez-GTM
  Monberg & Thorsen
  Quillery
  SOGEA
  Spie Batignolles TP
Subcontractor Bilfinger Berger AG piles
  Dillinger Stahlbau GmbH pylon heads
  Pont Equipement
  Prezioso sas
  S.D.E.M.
  Secométal S.A. pylon heads
Stay cables COWI Consulting Engineers and Planners AS
  Freyssinet International
Steel supplier Munch et Lozai
Cable steel supplier Bridon International vibration damping cables
Expansion joints mageba sa
Roadway & drainage Jean Lefèbvre

Products used in this structure
Production of a Modular Expansion Joint of the type LR16 (max. linear movement 1280 mm) TENSA®MODULAR Type LR
Modular Expansion Joints can be constructed for any movements, from about 100 mm up to 2,000 mm and more. They allow movements in all 3 directions and rotations around all 3 axes.

Technical information
DescriptionValue
Construction materials used
approaches  prestressed concrete
deck of main span  prestressed concrete
steel
pylons  reinforced concrete
Dimensions
  main span 856.00 m
  total length 2141 m
deck   deck width 21.20 - 22.30 m
  girder depth 3.00 m
pylon   pylon height 214.77 m
  pylon height (above deck) 155.70 m
Quantities used in construction
  structural steel 5 700 t
  concrete volume 80 000 m3
  prestressing steel 800 t
  reinforcing steel 11 600 t
  steel for cable-stays 2 000 t
  paint 16 600 m2

Chronology
September 1990- 1992
Construction of foundations.
August 1991- August 1993
Construction of access ramps.
September 1991- August 1993
Construction of the pylons.
January 1992- August 1994
Assembly of the metal section of the bridge's main deck.
October 1992- October 1993
Construction of the prestressed concrete deck section of the main bridge by cantilever construction.

Notes & Comments
Part of the deck cantilevering out from the pylons was built as a hollow box made of prestressed concrete, but about two thirds of the deck are made of a steel.
Due to the earth's curvature and the great length of the bridge, the distance between the pylons is 2 cm greater at the top than at the base.

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External LinkBernd Nebel: Brücken: Brücken in Europa: Pont de Normandie German
External LinkBridge Pros: Le Pont de Normandie English
External LinkCarte-Postale: Pont de Normandie French
External LinkLCPC Image Gallery: Normandy Bridge English French
External LinkPlanète TP: Le pont de Normandie French
External LinkSCMF: Pont de Normandie French
External LinkSequana-Normandie: Pont de Normandie French
External LinkSETEC TPI: Références ouvrages d'art: Pont de Normandie French
External LinkSétra: PILES: Pont de Normandie (1995) French
External LinkWikipedia: Normandí-brúin Icelandic
External LinkWikipédia: Normandia híd Hungarian
External LinkWikipedia: Pont de Normandie Norwegian (Bokmål)
External LinkWikipedia: Pont de Normandie Finnish
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External LinkWikipedia: Puente de Normandía Spanish
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External Linkウィキペディア: ノルマンディー橋 Japanese

Relevant Literature
* Freyssinet cable-stayed structures, Freyssinet International, Vélizy-Villacoublay (France) , 2004; pp. 12-13.
* Inauguration du Pont de Normandie: 20 janvier 1995, in "Ouvrages d'art", March 1995, n. 20 .
* La plus grande portée (856 m) de travée centrale d'un pont à haubans, in "Travaux", January 1992, n. 672 .
* Le projet du pont de Honfleur, in "Bulletin annuel AFPC", 1980- 1982 .
* Adeline, Régis   Monitoring adjustment of the geometry and cable tension of cable-stayed bridges built using the balanced cantilever method, presented at Ponts suspendus et à haubans. Cable-stayed and suspension bridges, Deauville, 12.-15.10.1994.
* Aïtcin, Pierre-Claude   Béton haute performance, Eyrolles, Paris (France) , ISBN 221201323X, 2001.
* Aïtcin, Pierre-Claude   High-performance Concrete (1st edition), E & FN SPON, London (United Kingdom) , ISBN 0419192700, 1998.
* Arz, Peter   The pile foundation of the Pont de Normandie, presented at Ponts suspendus et à haubans. Cable-stayed and suspension bridges, Deauville, 12.-15.10.1994.
* Barlet, Guy Jacques   Organization of the Pont de Normandie GIE Consortium, presented at Ponts suspendus et à haubans. Cable-stayed and suspension bridges, Deauville, 12.-15.10.1994.
* Bessineton, C.   L'implantation du pont de Normandie dans le remarquable milieu naturel de l'estuaire de la Seine, in "Travaux", May 1992, n. 676 .
* Biétry, Jacques   Wind studies for the Normandy Bridge, presented at Ponts suspendus et à haubans. Cable-stayed and suspension bridges, Deauville, 12.-15.10.1994.
* Boutonnet, Lucien   Erection of the main span segments for the Normandy Stay Cable Bridge, in "VSL News", 1999, n. 1 v. 10 .
* Boutonnet, Lucien   Erection of the main span segments of the Normandy stay cable bridge, in "VSL News", 1994, n. 1 v. 5 .
* Bui, Vu   Conception de la liaison entre les parties en acier et en béton du pont de Normandie, presented at Symposium Leningrad. USSR. 11-14/09/1991.
* Bui, Vu   Conception de la liaison entre les parties en acier et en béton du pont de Normandie, presented at .
* Combarieu, Olivier   Le tassement des appuis du pont de Normandie, in "Bulletin des Laboratoires des Ponts et Chaussées", September - December 2003, n. 246-247 .
* Conti, Eric   Wind effects on the Normandie cable-stayed bridge: comparison between full aeroelastic model tests and quasi-steady analytical approach, presented at Ponts suspendus et à haubans. Cable-stayed and suspension bridges, Deauville, 12.-15.10.1994.
* Davenport, Alan G.   The consistent safety of long span bridges against wind with special reference to "le Pont de Normandie", presented at Ponts suspendus et à haubans. Cable-stayed and suspension bridges, Deauville, 12.-15.10.1994.
* Delaunay, Didier   Normandie Bridge , presented at Long-Span and High-Rise Structures, IABSE Symposium, Kobe, 1998.
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* Deroubaix, Bertrand   Design and construction of the Normandie Bridge, presented at Bridges — Interaction between construction technology and design, IABSE Symposium, Leningrad, USSR 1991.
* Deroubaix, Bertrand   Design of Normandy Cable-Stayed Bridge, Near Honfleur, presented at International Conference on Cable-Stayed Bridges, Proceedings, November 18-20, 1987, Bangkok (Thailand).
* Deroubaix, Bertrand   Le point sur le "Pont de Normandie", in "Ouvrages d'art", July 1991, n. 10 .
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* Deroubaix, Bertrand   Le pont de Normandie s'élève, in "Travaux", July 1992, n. 678 .
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* Deswarte, Sylvie   L'architecture et les ingénieurs, Moniteur, Paris (France) , ISBN 2281190994, 1997; pp. 148.
* Duc, Tri Van   The incremental launching method of the Pont de Normandie approach viaducts, presented at Ponts suspendus et à haubans. Cable-stayed and suspension bridges, Deauville, 12.-15.10.1994.
* Eugen, Brühwiler   Ten Years of Structural Engineering International, in "Structural Engineering International", February 2001, n. 1 v. 11 .
* Fernández Troyano, Leonardo   Bridge engineering, Thomas Telford, London (United Kingdom) , ISBN 0727732153, 2003; pp. 592, 627.
* Fortier, Bernard   Contractors' general design and organization of the Pont de Normandie Consortium (GIE), presented at Ponts suspendus et à haubans. Cable-stayed and suspension bridges, Deauville, 12.-15.10.1994.
* Foucriat, Jean-Claude   Pont de Normandie, in "Bulletin ponts métalliques", 1994, n. 17 .
* Fuzier, J.-P.   Du pont de Normandie (France) au pont de Ting Kau (Hong-Kong), presented at La Technique française du béton, XIIIe congrès de la FIB, Amsterdam 1998.
* Fuzier, Jean-Philippe   The Normandy Bridge stays, presented at Ponts suspendus et à haubans. Cable-stayed and suspension bridges, Deauville, 12.-15.10.1994.
* Fuzier, Jean-Philippe   Surveillance programme for stay cables (example of Normandy Bridge), presented at Extending the Lifespan of Structures, IABSE Symposium, San Francisco, August 1995.
* IREX   Synthèse des travaux du projet national BHP 2000 sur les bétons à hautes performances, Presses de l'Ecole des Ponts et Chaussées, Paris (France) , ISBN 285978408X, 2005.
* Jacob, Jocelyne   Pont de Normandie, in "Ouvrages d'art", November 1992, n. 13 .
* Janberg, Nicolas   Die Ästhetik moderner Schrägseilbrücken, in "Baukultur", 1998, n. 3 .
* Le Mao, Jean-Louis   Building the Normandy Bridge. Construction of the two pylons, presented at Ponts suspendus et à haubans. Cable-stayed and suspension bridges, Deauville, 12.-15.10.1994.
* Lemoine, Bertrand   100 Monuments du XXe Siècle, Editions France Loisirs, Paris (France) , ISBN 2744134961, 2000; pp. 218-219.
* Lucas, J.-M.   Temperature in the Box Girder of the Normandy Bridge, in "Structural Engineering International", 2005, n. 3 v. 15 .
* Madsen, Bent S.   Manufacture and erection of the steel main span, presented at Ponts suspendus et à haubans. Cable-stayed and suspension bridges, Deauville, 12.-15.10.1994.
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