Chavanon Viaduct
General Information
| Structural Type: |
Mono-cable suspension bridge
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| Function / usage: |
Motorway bridge / freeway bridge
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| Construction method: |
Tarzan method
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| Other name(s): | Viaduc de Chavanon |
| Built: | 1997 - 2000 |
| Status: | in use |
Geographic Information & Related Structures
| Location: |
Merlines, Corrèze (19), Limousin, France, Europe Messeix, Puy-de-Dôme (63), Auvergne, France, Europe |
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Technical Information
Dimensions
| main span | 300 m | |
| total length | 360 m | |
| number of cables | 2 | |
| strands per cable | 61 | |
| wires per strand | 61 | |
| height above valley floor or water | 100 m | |
| pylon | pylon angle | 20 ° |
Quantities
| structural steel | 740 t + 140 t + 1650 t | |
| concrete volume | 10 000 m3 | |
| prestressing steel | 60 t |
Materials
| girder |
steel
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| pylons |
reinforced concrete
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| deck slab |
prestressed concrete
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Chronology
| July 1998 | Pylons completed |
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| November 1998 - May 1999 | Installation of the main deck girder using the Tarzan method |
| July 1999 - October 1999 | Casting of the deck slab |
Participants
Owner
Client
Design
Checking engineering
Construction
Steel construction
Cable steel supplier
Stay cable steel supplier
Yearly inspection
Detailed inspection
Relevant Web Sites
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HighestBridges.com: Chavanon Bridge
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JMI: Chavanon River Viaduct
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JMI: Viaduc de Chavanon - A89
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L'autoroute A89: Le viaduc du Chavanon (site non-officiel)
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L'autoroute A89: Viaduc du Chavanon - Fonds d'écran (site non-officiel)
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Planète TP: Viaduc de Chavanon
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Planète TP: Viaduc du Chavanon
Relevant Publications
- Le Chavanon - A89, Créfab Communication, 2000
- L'autoroute sous l’emprise du paysage, in "Construction moderne", 2000
- Le viaduc de Chavanon, in "Travaux", October 2000, n. 768
- A89. Le viaduc de Chavanon, in "Travaux", January 2001, n. 771
- 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
- Les plus beaux ponts de France, Bonneton, Paris (France), ISBN 2862532754, 2001; pp. 129
- Tradition et modernité dans la conception des ouvrages d'art, in "Bulletin annuel de l'AFGC", January 2002, n. 4
- Le viaduc de Chavanon sur l'A89 entre Tulle et Ussel en Corrèze, in "Bulletin ponts métalliques", 2002, n. 21
- Viaduc de Chavanon, presented at First fib Congress, 13-19.10.2002, Osaka, Japan.
Internal Information
| Structure-ID: | s0000878 |
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| Created: | 28/08/2000 |
| Last Updated: | 05/03/2013 |