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Structure-ID: s0001122
Created on: 10/30/00
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Pont de l'Europe

Pont Ouest
Built: 1996 - 2000
Status: in use
Location: Orléans, Loiret (45), Centre, France
Crosses: Loire River
Pont de l'Europe, Orléans.
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Structural Type:
Arch bridge
tied
Function / usage:
Road bridge

Persons involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
RoleNamePart of structure 
  Alexis Bourrat
Designer Santiago Calatrava Valls
  Jean-Bernard Datry

Firms, offices, etc. involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
RoleNamePart of structure 
Owner Communauté de communes de l'Agglomération Orléanaise
Client Direction Départementale de l'Equipement du Loiret
Design Santiago Calatrava SA
Wind tunnel testing Danish Maritime Institute
Structural engineering Setec TPI
Contractor Chantiers Modernes
Steel construction Eiffel Construction Metallique
  Victor Buyck Steel Construction N.V.
Subcontractor CAPREMIB S.A.

Technical information
DescriptionValue
Construction materials used
piers  reinforced concrete
arch  steel
suspenders  steel
abutments  reinforced concrete
Dimensions
  main span 201.60 m
  total length 470.60 m
deck   deck width 25.74 m
Quantities used in construction
  structural steel 5 350 t
  concrete volume 9 800 m3
Cost
  cost of construction FRF 183 000 000

Chronology
20 November 2000
Official inauguration with Prime Minister Lionel Jospin.

Relevant Web Sites
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External LinkLe Pont de l'Europe: Etude des palées provisoires French
External LinkSETEC TPI: Références ouvrages d'art: Pont sur la Loire à l'ouest d'Orléans French
External LinkWikipedia: Pont de l'Europe (Orléans) French

Relevant Literature
* Bourrat, Alexis   Le nouveau pont sur la Loire à Orléans, in "Ouvrages d'art", August 2000, n. 35 .
* Calatrava, Santiago   Des bow-strings originaux, in "Bulletin annuel de l'AFGC", 1999, n. 1 .
* Calatrava, Santiago   Le pont de l'Europe à Orléans, in "Bulletin annuel de l'AFGC", 1999, n. 1 .
* Cespedes, X.   Le Pont d'Orléans, in "Bulletin annuel de l'AFGC", January 2000, n. 2 .
* Communauté de communes de l'Agglomération Orléanaise   Le Pont de l'Europe, un arc sur la Loire (brochure/prospectus), Orléans (France) .
* Datry, Jean-Bernard   Le chantier du pont d'Orléans, in "Bulletin annuel de l'AFGC", January 2001, n. 3 .
* Datry, Jean-Bernard   Le nouveau pont Ouest à Orléans, in "Ouvrages d'art", August 2000, n. 35 .
* Datry, Jean-Bernard   Pont de l'Europe, in "Travaux", January 2002, n. 782 .
* Datry, Jean-Bernard   Le pont de l'Europe à Orléans, presented at ARCH'01. 3ème conférence sur les ponts en arc.
* Hoeckman, Wim   Bridge over the River Loire in Orleans, France, in "Structural Engineering International", May 2001, n. 2 v. 11 .
* Hoeckman, Wim   The Europe bridge in Orléans (France), presented at ARCH'01. 3ème conférence sur les ponts en arc.
* Hoeckman, Wim   Quand les ponts se baladent, in "Bulletin annuel de l'AFGC", January 2001, n. 3 .
* Lemoine, Bertrand   Sur le pont..tous en rond, in "L'acier pour construire", December 2000, n. 68 .
* Lothaire, Alain   Pont de l'Europe sur la Loire à Orléans, in "Bulletin ponts métalliques", 2003, n. 22 .
* Montens, Serge   Les plus beaux ponts de France, Bonneton, Paris (France) , ISBN 2862532754, 2001; pp. 106.
* Musée de la Marine de la Loire   D'une Rive à l'Autre, Musée de la Marine de la Loire, Châteauneuf-sur-Loire (France) , ISBN 2951560214, 2001; pp. 71.
* Scheuch, G.   Europa-Brücke über die Loire in Orléans, in "Bautechnik", October 2003, n. 10 v. 80 .

 
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