Tarascon-Beaucaire Bridge
General Information
| Structural Type: |
Cable-stayed bridge
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| Function / usage: |
Road bridge
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| Other name(s): | Pont de Tarascon-Beaucaire |
| Completed in: | 2000 |
| Status: | in use |
Geographic Information & Related Structures
| Location: |
Tarascon, Bouches-du-Rhône (13), Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France, Europe Beaucaire, Gard (30), Languedoc-Roussillon, France, Europe |
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Technical Information
Dimensions
| main span | 192.8 m | |
| total length | 407.50 m | |
| span lengths | 25.55 m - 81.8 m - 192.8 m - 81.8 m - 25.55 m | |
| on-centre distance between stay anchors | 10.36 m | |
| deck | width | 12.10 m |
| deck depth | 0.77 m | |
| pylon | pylon height (total) | 67 m |
| pylon height (above water) | 60 m | |
| pylon height (above deck) | 40 m |
Quantities
| reinforcing steel | 1 000 t | |
| concrete for foundations and substructure | 5 500 m3 | |
| prestressing steel (19T15) | 125 t | |
| steel for cable-stays | 180 t | |
| deck | concrete for deck | 2 500 m3 |
Cost
| cost of construction | French Franc 60 000 000 |
Materials
| cables |
steel
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| deck |
prestressed concrete
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| piers |
reinforced concrete
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Participants
Owner
Client
- Arrondissement d'Arles
- Direction des Routes, Transports et Equipements
- Services Techniques du Conseil Général
Design
Structural engineering
Main contractor
Co-contractor
Stay cables
Prestressing
Reinforcing steel
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- Le pont de Tarascon-Beaucaire, in "Freyssinet Magazine", March 2000, n. 207
- Le pont de Tarascon-Beaucaire, in "Freyssinet Magazine", July 1999, n. 205
- The Beaucaire-Tarascon cable-stayed bridge over the Rhone River, presented at fib Symposium 2004, 26-28 April 2004, Avignon.
- Cable-Stayed Bridge over the River Rhone, France, in "Structural Engineering International", November 2000, n. 4 v. 10
- Le nouveau franchissement du Rhône entre Beaucaire et Tarascon. Les travaux de fondations, in "Travaux", May 1999, n. 753
- Freyssinet cable-stayed structures, Freyssinet International, Vélizy-Villacoublay (France), 2004; pp. 41
- 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
- Franchissement du Rhône, in "Travaux", January 2000, n. 760
- La liaison Beaucaire-Tarascon, in "Construction moderne", 2000
- Les plus beaux ponts de France, Bonneton, Paris (France), ISBN 2862532754, 2001; pp. 178-179
- Le projet du nouveau pont sur le Rhône au sud de Beaucaire et Tarascon, presented at La Technique française du béton, XIIIe congrès de la FIB, Amsterdam 1998.
Internal Information
| Structure-ID: | s0000619 |
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| Created: | 22/01/2000 |
| Last Updated: | 05/03/2013 |