Mondragon-Vénéjan Viaduct (Saint-Etienne-des-Sorts/Mondragon, 1999)

Mondragon-Vénéjan Viaduct

Location:	Saint-Etienne-des-Sorts, Gard (30), Languedoc-Roussillon, France, Europe Mondragon, Vaucluse (84), Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France, Europe
Crosses	Rhone River
Part of:	TGV Mediterranean (km 589.200)
Coordinates:	44° 12' 58.00" N 4° 41' 59.00" E

	main span	84 m
	height	35 m
	total length	637 m
	span lengths	26.5 m - 43.5 m - 50 m - 84 m - 40 m - 8 x 55 m - 35 m
arch	rise	23.262 m
	distance between suspender planes	15.50 m
	on-centre distance between suspenders	6 m
deck	crossing angle	73.306°

arch	structural steel	1 300 t
deck	structural steel	1 970 t

piers	reinforced concrete
arch	steel

Fall 1998	The arch is launched.

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