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Structure-ID: s0002044
Created on: 29/09/01
Modified on: 08/08/10


Cubzac Bridge

Pont de Cubzac
Built: 1879 - 1883
Status: in use
Location: Cubzac-les-Ponts, Gironde (33), Aquitaine, France
Crosses: Dordogne River
Cubzac Bridge
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Structural Type:
Truss bridge
Function / usage:
Road bridge
Replaces: Cubzac Bridge (1836)

Persons involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
RoleNamePart of structure 
Engineer Charles de Sansac
Reconstruction (1946-1947)
Chief engineer I. Ballan
Engineer R. Benouet
Assistant to chief engineer F. Renoux

Firms, offices, etc. involved with this structure
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RoleNamePart of structure 
Construction Eiffel et Cie
Reconstruction (1946-1947)
Contractor Entreprise Générale Industrielle du Sud-Ouest
Steel construction Anciens Etablissements Eiffel

Technical information
DescriptionValue
Construction materials used
piers  wrought iron
truss  wrought iron
Dimensions
  total length 1 545 m
  span lengths 6 x 72.80 m - 2 x 57.60 m
deck   deck depth 6.70 m
Quantities used in construction
  weight of iron 3 000 t

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External LinkPascal Lamige: Le pont Eiffel à Saint André de Cubzac (33) Aout 2006 French

Relevant Literature
* Asensio, Paco   Gustave Alexandre Eiffel, teNeues, Düsseldorf (Germany) , ISBN 3823855409, 2003; pp. 52-57.
* Grattesat, Guy   Ponts de France, Presses Ponts et chaussées, Paris (France) , ISBN 2859780300, 1984; pp. 140.
* Montens, Serge   Les plus beaux ponts de France, Bonneton, Paris (France) , ISBN 2862532754, 2001; pp. 98.
* Prade, Marcel   Ponts et viaducs au XIXème siècle, Poitiers (France) , 1988; pp. 255-258.
* Stiglat, Klaus   Brücken am Weg, Ernst & Sohn, Berlin (Germany) , ISBN 3433012997, 1997; pp. 88-91.

 
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