Cassagne Bridge
General Information
| Structural Type: |
Gisclard bridge
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| Function / usage: |
Railroad (railway) bridge
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| Other name(s): | Pont de la Cassagne |
| Built: | 1908 - 1909 |
| Status: | in use |
Geographic Information & Related Structures
| Location: |
Planès, Pyrénées-Orientales (66), Languedoc-Roussillon, France, Europe |
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| Part of: | |
| Coordinates: | 42° 30' 14.00" N 2° 8' 36.00" E |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| main span | 156 m | |
| total length | 253 m | |
| pylon | pylon height | 62 m |
Materials
| cables |
steel
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| deck |
steel
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| pylons |
steel
|
Relevant Web Sites
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Les ponts Gisclard
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Of Bridges and Stamps: The Gisclard Bridges, precursors of the large stayed girder bridges
Relevant Publications
- Câbles, in "Annales des Ponts et Chaussées", November 1920, n. 6
- Le chemin de fer électrique de Cerdane de Villefranche-de-Conflent à Bourg-Madame, in "Annales des Ponts et Chaussées", September 1913, n. 5
- L'architecture et les ingénieurs, Moniteur, Paris (France), ISBN 2281190994, 1997; pp. 141
- Tierra sobre el agua, Colegio de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos, Madrid (Spain), ISBN 8438001483, 1999; pp. 664
- Ponts de France, Presses Ponts et chaussées, Paris (France), ISBN 2859780300, 1984; pp. 260, 263
- L'architecture du fer, Champ Vallon, Seyssel (France), ISBN 2903528713, 322; pp. 127
- Les plus beaux ponts de France, Bonneton, Paris (France), ISBN 2862532754, 2001; pp. 134
- Les cent ans du Train Jaune, La Vie du Rail, France (France), ISBN 2915034885; pp. 84-87
- Schrägkabelbrücken (1st edition), Wilhelm Ernst & Sohn Verlag für Architektur und technische Wissenschaften GmbH, Berlin (Germany), ISBN 3433029776, 2011; pp. 56
- Cable-Stayed Bridges, Crosby Lockwood Staples, London (United Kingdom), ISBN 0258970340, 1977
Internal Information
| Structure-ID: | s0000301 |
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| Created: | 03/06/1999 |
| Last Updated: | 05/03/2013 |