Vénéjan-Mornas Viaduct
General Information
| Structural Type: |
Tied-arch bridge
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| Function / usage: |
High-speed rail bridge
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| Other name(s): | Viaduc de Mornas |
| Completed in: | 1999 |
| Status: | in use |
Geographic Information & Related Structures
| Location: |
Saint-Etienne-des-Sorts, Gard (30), Languedoc-Roussillon, France, Europe Mornas, Vaucluse (84), Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France, Europe |
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| Coordinates: | 44° 12' 9.00" N 4° 42' 23.00" E |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| main span | 121.40 m | |
| height | 35 m | |
| total length | 887 m | |
| span lengths | 25 m - 36 m - 50 m - 3 x 50 m - 40.30 m - 121.4 m - 45.3 m - 45 m - 4 x 55 m - 60 m - 2 x 50 m - 44 m | |
| arch | rise | 32.370 m |
| arch span | 118.722 m | |
| distance between suspender planes | 15.50 m | |
| on-centre distance between suspenders | 8.628 m | |
| deck | crossing angle | 67.664° |
Quantities
| arch | structural steel | 2 300 t |
| deck | structural steel | 2 650 t |
Materials
| piers |
reinforced concrete
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| arch |
steel
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| deck of approaches |
composite steel-reinforced concrete
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Chronology
| Fall 1998 | The arch is launched. |
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Participants
Owner
Client
Structural engineering
Civil works
Steel construction
Launching
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- Viaducs de Mornas / Mondragon, in "Formes et Structure", n. 127
- Des Records et des Hommes, Terre du Sud, ISBN 2951013310, 1999; pp. 82-88
- The main bridges of the high speed line HSL Méditerranée, presented at fib Symposium 2004, 26-28 April 2004, Avignon.
- Les viaducs de Mornas et de Mondragon, in "Bulletin ponts métalliques", 1999, n. 19
- Lot 2C - Le viaduc de Mornas, in "Travaux", May 1998, n. 742
- Comportement dynamique et notion de vitesse critique à propos d'un viaduc de la ligne TGV Méditerranée, presented at ARCH'01. 3ème conférence sur les ponts en arc.
Internal Information
| Structure-ID: | s0001795 |
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| Created: | 23/08/2001 |
| Last Updated: | 05/03/2013 |