Marseilles Transporter Bridge
General Information
| Structural Type: |
Cable-stayed bridge
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| Function / usage: |
Transporter bridge
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| Other name(s): | Pont transbordeur de Marseille |
| Built: | 1904 - 1905 |
| Status: | destroyed (1944) |
Geographic Information & Related Structures
| Location: |
Marseilles, Bouches-du-Rhône (13), Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France, Europe |
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Technical Information
Dimensions
| main span | 165 m | |
| pylon | pylon height | 80 m |
Materials
| superstructure |
steel
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| cables |
steel
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Chronology
| 24 December 1905 | Opening. |
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| 7 October 1934 | The fast-opening parachute is presented by throwing a dummy off the platform of the bridge. |
| 22 August 1944 | The northern part is dynamited by German troops. |
Relevant Web Sites
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Die Welt der Schwebefähren: Marseille
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La vie de Louis Gentile: Pont transbordeur de Marseille
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Le Pont à Transbordeur de Marseille
Relevant Publications
- Petit journal de l'exposition "Le pont transbordeur et la vision moderniste", Caisse Nationale des Monuments Historiques, Paris (France), ISBN 2858220557, 1992
- Le "pont transbordeur" ancré dans l'imaginaire, La Provence, n. 1283, 10.12.2000, p 30.
- Ponts suspendus (2 tomes), O. Doin et files, Paris (France), 1911; pp. 174-194
- Les ponts modernes - 18e et 19e siècles (1st edition), Picard Editeur, Paris (France), ISBN 2708404016, 1990; pp. 275-281
- Le développement des travaux publics en France sous la IIIe république, Imprimerie Chaix, Paris (France), 1915
- Ponts de Provence, Serre Editeur, Nice (France), ISBN 2864102048, 1994; pp. 87-88
- L'art de l'ingénieur, Éditions du Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (France), ISBN 2858509115, 1997; pp. 381
- La France des Transbordeurs, Alan Sutton, France (France), ISBN 2849102628, 2005
- Schrägkabelbrücken (1st edition), Wilhelm Ernst & Sohn Verlag für Architektur und technische Wissenschaften GmbH, Berlin (Germany), ISBN 3433029776, 2011; pp. 54
- Cable-Stayed Bridges (2nd edition), Von Nostrand Reinhold, New York (USA), ISBN 0442318197, 1988
Internal Information
| Structure-ID: | s0000806 |
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| Created: | 22/06/2000 |
| Last Updated: | 05/03/2013 |
